Math Studio meets twice a week for three hours each session. Stop by as often as you like to explore the geometry of polygons and polyhedra. Learn to construct polyhedra by folding paper and by snapping plastic Polydrons together. Lay the foundations by learning to measure angles and by determining how many degrees are in any triangle. Discover efficient methods for counting the number of vertices, edges, and faces in each polyhedron. Build families of shapes that have similar properties and discover formulas for the face vectors of each family. Discover the Platonic solids and prove that there are only five.
Dates: Oct 24, 2006 – Dec 21, 2006
Downtown South Bend Boys and Girls Club
