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Dodecahedron: Regular Dimensions

March 26, 2021 By Lisa

How many pentagons in a dodecahedron?

hfcm id=”7″ hfcm id=”8″ How many pentagons are in a Dodecahedron? The Dodecahedron is formed of 12 faces of regular pentagons. It is made up from 20 vertices, 30 edges and the 12 faces. It is termed regular because each face is a regular polygon, in this instance that polygon being the pentagon. In 3 […]

Filed Under: crafts, for teachers, geometry, Shape Hunting, symmetry Tagged With: Dodecahedra, dodecahedron, how many, Many, much, pentagon, Pentagonal, pentagons

Dodecahedron in nature – pomegranate seeds

October 15, 2014 By Lisa

pomegranate treasure

Pomegranate seeds. Dodecahedron in nature. Real treasure. The humble pomegranate. But it’s not really that humble. We’re back shape hunting for geometry in food, Let’s look a bit closer at the pomegranate. We are looking for the dodecahedron in nature. A pomegranate is mostly seeds, packed tightly under the skin. All surrounded in a juicy bag of […]

Filed Under: children's activity, fruit and veg, geometry, nature study, Shape Hunting Tagged With: 4-8 years, 7-9 years, 9+ years, dodecahedron, finding shapes, number 12, observation, pentagon, rhombic

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