2nd Grade: Platonic Solids and Crystals

This week we worked on finishing up our work with Polygons and Platonic Solids.  The kids worked on finishing up some of their polygon centers.  We then created our own hexahedron, a 3-D shape with 6 faces.  It is a special type of polyhedron and is one of the 5 Platonic Solids.  The kids recorded rules of a Platonic solid, their favorite polyhedron, what one of the polyhedrons reminded them of, the names of the 5 Platonic solids, and their own name on each of the 6 faces of their hexahedron.  Below you will see a video of the kids with their hexahedrons.  They did a terrific job making them.

At the end of the day, I had the kids put on their scientist caps and their observations skills to examine three different substances.  They used pictures and words to record what they observed. This will lead us into the world of crystals and hopefully the kids will see how crystals connect to polygons, polyhedrons, and structures.  Here are some images of the little scientists at work.

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