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Broad Topics > 3D Geometry, Shape and Space > Dodecahedra

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Classifying Solids Using Angle Deficiency

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Toni Beardon has chosen this article introducing a rich area for practical exploration and discovery in 3D geometry

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Paper Folding - Models of the Platonic Solids

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A description of how to make the five Platonic solids out of paper.

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Icosian Game

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This problem is about investigating whether it is possible to start at one vertex of a platonic solid and visit every other vertex once only returning to the vertex you started at.

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Platonic Planet

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Glarsynost lives on a planet whose shape is that of a perfect regular dodecahedron. Can you describe the shortest journey she can make to ensure that she will see every part of the planet?

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Dodecawhat

Stage: 4 Challenge Level: Challenge Level:1

Follow instructions to fold sheets of A4 paper into pentagons and assemble them to form a dodecahedron. Calculate the error in the angle of the not perfectly regular pentagons you make.


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