Ms. Hammermeister   

What are Polyhedra?

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~sudzi/polyhedra/vocab.html

 

 

 

Paper models and nets

**Click on your polyhedron, scroll down below the picture, click on the pdf**

**ONLY print the page or pages that you need!!

 

http://www.korthalsaltes.com/

 

 

 

Platonic Solids - history and facts

http://www.mathsisfun.com/platonic_solids.html

 

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~sudzi/polyhedra/platonic.html

 

http://www.geom.uiuc.edu/~sudzi/polyhedra/platonic/solids.html

 

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/math/geometry/solids/

 

http://www.absoluteempowerment.com/platonic-solids.php

 

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/464212/Platonic-solid

 

 

 

How to print an image

-find the image on the web

-left click on it

-right click on the enlarged image

-click "copy"

-open a word document and paste the picture into it

-print

 

 

Platonic solids in nature and art

http://mathart.wikidot.com/platonic-solids

 

http://www.slideshare.net/sunfloursk/platonic-solids-in-nature-19564715

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platonic_solid#In_nature_and_technology

 

 

 

Other resources

 

Go to Google, type in "tetrahedron in nature" or "tetrahedron in architecture".  This should bring up some facts and images for you. If you're not doing the tetrahedron, then type in the name of your polyhedron instead.