Monday, 29 October 2012

Platonic Solids

In Maths we have been learning about Platonic Solids. What are they? see below.

Platonic Solids

Platonic Solids




There are five Platonic Solids.

Each one is a polyhedron (a solid with flat faces)

They are special because every face is a regular polygon of the same size and shape.

Example: each face of the cube is a square.

They are also convex (no "dents" or indentations in them).

They are named after Plato, a famous Greek philosopher and mathematician.

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Today we used tooth picks and lollies to make platonic solids. It was tricky but they looked great.

Ms.D took some photos of us building our platonic solids:












2 comments:

  1. What a great way to learn about Platonic Solids!! Was there any wine gums left when you had finished? Miss Corby.

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  2. Yes, sadly we had to eat quite a few!

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