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Platonic Solids
This resource, from the Royal Institution, provides a practical experience which introduces students to the classification of 3D shapes. Modelling equipment is used to construct solids and explore possible shapes that can be formed with only triangular, square or pentagonal faces. Students also learn about Platonic solids, which are the set of regular 3D shapes, where each face is the same regular polygon and the same number of polygons meet at each vertex. The teachers' notes offer detailed guidance on the lesson structure and provide probing questions to support student learning, all of which is linked to the presentation.
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