Polyhedron Teacher Resources

This in-depth paper examines the idea of convexity. Euclid's Elements, the first geometry textbook, assumed convexity without mentioning the term.

This MathWorld site shows pictures of polyhedra which can fill space. A discussion of these figures follows.

This site gives a description of platonic solids along with a visual representation of each of the five platonic solids. At the bottom of the page are links to cut-out-templates for each of the platonic solids. Be sure to follow the...

At this one page website a variety of polyhedra are shown. The challenge is to create the skeleton for each polyhedron and identify the needed materials. You can check your solution right at the website.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the characteristics of polyhedrons and asks students to classify figures according to the number of vertices, faces, and bases of the figures.

Contains six examples of polyhedra nets (cube, tetrahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, cubosctahedron).

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide reviews how to classify polyhedra, Euler's formula, and regular polyhedra.

The University of Saskatchewan's Department of Mathematics and Statistics provides high school students with online tutorials and exercises on what they deem some of the most important topics in geometry: Triangles, and Circles and Other...

A collection of lesson plans and student handouts on teaching students about the "nanoworld."

This page brings you to a table of contents of three-dimensional figures. Selecting a figure will bring you to a page defining and illustrating the figure with applicable formulas listed.

A gallery of complex polyhedra with descriptions and characteristics.

Learn more about platonic sold geometry, understand the platonic solid names, view some solved examples, and try your hand at some interactive problems.

A comprehensive guide for learning all about square pyramids with definitions, properties, examples, and practice questions.

A comprehensive guide for learning all about tetrahedrons with definitions, properties, formulas, examples, and practice questions.

Explore the world of prisms in this mini-lesson by learning what are prisms, definitions with shapes and examples, the difference between regular, irregular, right, and oblique prisms, the surface area of a prism, and the volume of a...

Students explore polyhedron's through technology and paper/ pencil constructions.

This lesson focuses on polyhedra other than the platonic solids; these include an Archimedean solid, a polyhedron made up of different kinds of regular polygons, that looks the same from every direction. There are 13 different...

A Platonic solid is a polyhedron made up of only one kind of regular polygon, that looks the same from every direction. (In other words, the same number of faces meet at every vertex.) There are only five different Platonic solids:...

Did you know that the five regular platonic solids (tetrahedron, octahedron, icosahedron, cube, and dodecahedron) were thought to represent earth, air, fire, water, and the universe? This chart shows an image and provides a description...

What is a pyramid? Find a definition, example images, and formulas for finding the volume and surface area of a pyramid if given base and height measurements. Includes a very brief look at a pyramid in Egypt and its measurements.

This site has pictures and information on many different types of polyhedra.

Learn about the nets that represent 3D solids. [6:48]

Learn about platonic solids, a special type of polyhedra. Read a definition, make three-dimensional models using printouts, and play with an interactive animation, which will show you the faces, vertices, and edges on platonic solids:...

Practice using your graphing calculator for area and volume problems. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each problem.