Students create regular polyhedrons using the Polydrons and investigate the properties of platonic solids. Activities are selected to help build self-confidence, nurture natural curiosity, and challenge students with rich problems through which they learn to appreciate and value the order and beauty of mathematics. Students build shapes on Geoboards, then classify these shapes to get a better understanding of the properties of polygons. Students participate in a logical thinking activity to help develop their spatial sense. Problem solving strategies are used as students find as many shapes as they can make using a different number of triangles.
Students sort the shapes they created.
Students use a variety of geometric solids to explore properties of the 3-dimensional figures. They look for patterns. The programs include identifying, describing, comparing, and classifying geometric figures, developing spatial sense, understanding and applying geometric properties and relationships, and exploring symmetry. Multiple technologies are incorporated into the instruction of the lessons. Online resources are introduced.