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Polygons and Polyhedrons - Math, Geometry
In "How To Celebrate Winter Solstice" we learn that Johannes Kepler was the Astronomer who discovered that the Earth follows an elliptical path around the sun marking the solstices and the equinoxes, thus discovering the “The Planetary Laws of Motion.”
He was also a Mathematician and classified everything polyhedron. Let’s learn a bit more about these interesting shapes that inspired Kepler! You will notice that polygons and polyhedrons have similarities, but one is flat (two-dimensional) and the other is three-dimensional.
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Math lesson page
• What is a Polyhedron lesson page
• What is a Polygon lesson page
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Quiz (with answer sheet)
• Activity Pages: Polyhedron Paper Folding Ornaments, from simple to complex depending on grade/skill level; Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron, Great Stellated Dodecahedron.
Be sure to download the free video tutorial for making paper polyhedrons. Have fun with Geometry!
In "How To Celebrate Winter Solstice" we learn that Johannes Kepler was the Astronomer who discovered that the Earth follows an elliptical path around the sun marking the solstices and the equinoxes, thus discovering the “The Planetary Laws of Motion.”
He was also a Mathematician and classified everything polyhedron. Let’s learn a bit more about these interesting shapes that inspired Kepler! You will notice that polygons and polyhedrons have similarities, but one is flat (two-dimensional) and the other is three-dimensional.
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Math lesson page
• What is a Polyhedron lesson page
• What is a Polygon lesson page
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Quiz (with answer sheet)
• Activity Pages: Polyhedron Paper Folding Ornaments, from simple to complex depending on grade/skill level; Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron, Great Stellated Dodecahedron.
Be sure to download the free video tutorial for making paper polyhedrons. Have fun with Geometry!
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Grades
3rd - 8th
Standards
CCSS4.G.A.1
CCSS4.G.A.2
CCSS5.G.A.1
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Description
Polygons and Polyhedrons - Math, Geometry
In "How To Celebrate Winter Solstice" we learn that Johannes Kepler was the Astronomer who discovered that the Earth follows an elliptical path around the sun marking the solstices and the equinoxes, thus discovering the “The Planetary Laws of Motion.”
He was also a Mathematician and classified everything polyhedron. Let’s learn a bit more about these interesting shapes that inspired Kepler! You will notice that polygons and polyhedrons have similarities, but one is flat (two-dimensional) and the other is three-dimensional.
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Math lesson page
• What is a Polyhedron lesson page
• What is a Polygon lesson page
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Quiz (with answer sheet)
• Activity Pages: Polyhedron Paper Folding Ornaments, from simple to complex depending on grade/skill level; Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron, Great Stellated Dodecahedron.
Be sure to download the free video tutorial for making paper polyhedrons. Have fun with Geometry!
In "How To Celebrate Winter Solstice" we learn that Johannes Kepler was the Astronomer who discovered that the Earth follows an elliptical path around the sun marking the solstices and the equinoxes, thus discovering the “The Planetary Laws of Motion.”
He was also a Mathematician and classified everything polyhedron. Let’s learn a bit more about these interesting shapes that inspired Kepler! You will notice that polygons and polyhedrons have similarities, but one is flat (two-dimensional) and the other is three-dimensional.
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Math lesson page
• What is a Polyhedron lesson page
• What is a Polygon lesson page
• Polygons and Polyhedrons Quiz (with answer sheet)
• Activity Pages: Polyhedron Paper Folding Ornaments, from simple to complex depending on grade/skill level; Tetrahedron, Octahedron, Cube, Dodecahedron, Icosahedron, Great Stellated Dodecahedron.
Be sure to download the free video tutorial for making paper polyhedrons. Have fun with Geometry!
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Love this winter solstice math lesson. Perfect for this time of year!
LOVED THE CONNECTION BETWEEN HISTORY, SCIENCE & MATH!!!
Thank you!
Thank you for this resource! My eighth grade special education class really enjoyed the activity. It helped with learning to follow directions. A few cut off their tabs. They also practiced cutting and folding skills.
Great activity to accompany the book. I love the math connection.
Great activity the week before winter break. I ran the shapes off on card stock and had the students Zentangle designs before they put them together.
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Standards
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CCSS4.G.A.1
Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines. Identify these in two-dimensional figures.
CCSS4.G.A.2
Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size. Recognize right triangles as a category, and identify right triangles.
CCSS5.G.A.1
Use a pair of perpendicular number lines, called axes, to define a coordinate system, with the intersection of the lines (the origin) arranged to coincide with the 0 on each line and a given point in the plane located by using an ordered pair of numbers, called its coordinates. Understand that the first number indicates how far to travel from the origin in the direction of one axis, and the second number indicates how far to travel in the direction of the second axis, with the convention that the names of the two axes and the coordinates correspond (e.g., 𝘹-axis and 𝘹-coordinate, 𝘺-axis and 𝘺-coordinate).
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