Creating Solids
Geometry — Shapes

Materials needed:

  • Marshmallows

  • Toothpicks

  • Pipe cleaners

  • Coat Hangers

  • Straws

  • Name tags

Working by yourself

  • Get yourself a package of toothpicks, marshmallows, and pipe cleaners.

  • You will be making solids. The marshmallows are the points of the solid and the toothpicks are the edges of the solids

  • Try to make some of the solids from the instructions below:

    • Create a solid with square and rectangle faces.

    • Create a solid with triangle faces

    • Create a solid with circle and triangle faces

    • Create a solid with triangle and square faces

    • Create a solid joining two or more solids

  • Make sure you have created at least three different solids. If you have done this you can eat the rest of the marshmallows or create your own solids.

  • If you know the name of your solid make a name tag for it to attach to it.

 


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