Learn about platonic solids, a special type of polyhedra. Read a definition, make three-dimensional models using printouts, and play with an interactive animation, which will show you the faces, vertices, and edges on platonic solids: tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

Concepts

polyhedra, platonic solids

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Additional Tags

annenberg foundation, annenberg learner, annenberg media, platonic solid, polyhedron

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

7.G.B.6 6.G.A.4 HSG-GMD.B.4