Archimedean Solids

First there was the one from the worksheet made in class:

The Small Rhombicuboctahedron

•  26 faces:(8 equilateral triangles & 18 squares)
• 24 vertices
• 48 edges

And then there my pride and joy that I spent an all nighter on! We were suppose to make another Archimedean Solid, but with a design that would work with it's shape. On the bottom is the net I used to make the shape, from korthasaltes.com. On the right is a mid progress shot. Drawing the net out took more time because I miscalculated the first time I started it. To make the triangles and the pentagons I needed two separate compasses. On the net the radius of the pentagon is a different size to it's side, which is what determines the size for the triangle. 

Polyhedral Structures

We had to practice making shapes with Bristol board with excellent craft. 

The Tetrahedron

• 4 faces (each face is an equilateral triangle)
• 4 vertices
• 6 edges
• the simplest of platonic solids and yet strongest man made structure.

The Hexahedron (The Cube) 

• 6 faces (each face is a square, all angles are right angles)
• 8 vertices
• 12 edges

The Octahedron

• 8 faces (each being and equilateral triangle)
• 6 vertices
• 12 edges

The Dodecahedron 

• 12 faces (each regular pentagons)
• 20 vertices
• 30 edges

The Icosahedron

• 20 faces (each an equilateral triangle)
• 12 vertices
• 30 edges