Describe and identify the five regular (Platonic) solids and their properties with respect to faces, shapes of faces, edges, and vertices. 0506.4.4

Links verified on 12/28/2011

1. 3-D Shapes - Flash animation about prisms and other 3-D shapes
2. 12 Sided Calendar - calendar on a regular dodecahedron in .pdf format
3. Calendars - several 3-D shapes available
4. Make a Tetrahedron from a Small Envelope - from Enchanted Learning
5. Make Paper Models of the Platonic Solids - Enchanted Learning index page for the solids
6. Nets: 3-D Models - eleven shapes to choose from
7. Nets and Surface Area - [20 page worksheet] some of the exercises are a bit advanced for fifth grade, but this document contains some good tips on making 2-D representations of 3-D shapes
8. Platonic Solid - Wikipedia article with good illustrations of the five Platonic solids; tetrahedron, cube or hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron
9. Platonic Solid - this Wolfram MathWorld page includes a 2D illustration of what the solids would look like if flattened out
10. Platonic Solids - regular polyhedra ( a Greek word meaning “many faces.”)
11. Platonic Solids - This MathIsFun page includes printable nets for each of the five solids as well as an interactive page that allows your student to rotate the solid &
12. Platonic Solids - description of what makes them special, links to five 3-D shapes to print, and an interactive box that allows students to investigate the platonic solids
13. Platonic Solids - slowly rotating frames of the five Platonic solids along with their definition
14. Platonic Solids - virtual manipulative which allows students to display, rotate, and resize Platonic solids, from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
15. Platonic Solids - lesson from Regents Exam Prep Center showing rotating frames of the solids
16. Platonic Solids - includes a discussion of how we know there are only five Platonic solids
17. The Platonic Solids - This University of Utah page allows students to spin each of the solids in separate windows for java applets
18. Prisms with Examples - explanation, several good examples and six questions at the bottom of the page to check for student understanding
19. Solids Nets and Cross Sections - [18 page worksheet] pages 3 and 4 are specific to how to draw a prism, this document also includes a good description of nets

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