{"id":401,"date":"2011-08-21T14:59:09","date_gmt":"2011-08-21T06:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?p=401"},"modified":"2024-02-16T21:13:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T13:13:34","slug":"design-and-make-paper-polyhedra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/2011\/08\/design-and-make-paper-polyhedra\/","title":{"rendered":"Design and make Paper Polyhedra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>[This is a back issue of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> this site&#8217;s newsletter<\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"float: right; text-align: center; width: 220px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/polyhedral-nets.html?utm_source=dmmgfk-52&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=dmmgfk-52-poly-img&amp;utm_campaign=dmmgfk-52\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/linkimgs\/DodecahedronNet200px.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDesign and make your own paper polyhedra with the help of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/polyhedral-nets.html?utm_source=dmmgfk-52&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=dmmgfk-52-poly-caption&amp;utm_campaign=dmmgfk-52\"><strong>applet on this page<\/strong><\/a><\/span> Today is the sixth birthday of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/?utm_source=dmmgfk-52&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=dmmgfk-52-home&amp;utm_campaign=dmmgfk-52\"><strong>Dr Mike&#8217;s Math Games for Kids<\/strong><\/a>, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/polyhedral-nets.html?utm_source=dmmgfk-52&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=dmmgfk-52-polyhedral&amp;utm_campaign=dmmgfk-52\"><strong>polyhedral nets software<\/strong><\/a> I mentioned last newsletter is now done!<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Visit the page, and scroll down to the applet. There are two versions, a &#8220;signed version&#8221; that can print nets and save them to your disk, and an &#8220;unsigned version&#8221; that can&#8217;t save them, but might still be able to print them. There&#8217;s also a video showing how to use the applet.<\/p>\n<p>The things you can do include<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Create a polyhedron with regular faces, and see it in 3D as you progress<\/li>\n<li>Make a link to your polyhedron, and share the link via email, or on facebook, your website, your blog, twitter, Google+ and so on<\/li>\n<li>Save a picture of the polyhedron (&#8220;signed&#8221; version only)<\/li>\n<li>Save the net itself onto your hard disk, or load up previously saved polyhedra (&#8220;signed&#8221; version only)<\/li>\n<li>Print the net out onto cardboard, ready to fold it up (&#8220;signed&#8217; version yes, &#8220;unsigned&#8221; version maybe)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Polyhedrons are right up my alley, math-wise &#8211; my PhD research was on polyhedra and their higher-dimensional analogues. It&#8217;s a bit strange, therefore, that this math games website has been running for six years with no polyhedral nets! I think it&#8217;s because I didn&#8217;t want to make &#8220;just another&#8221; polyhedral nets page. I think you&#8217;ll agree, when you see the software, that I&#8217;ve managed to go beyond the norm.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll post a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/?utm_source=dmmgfk-52&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=dmmgfk-52-blog&amp;utm_campaign=dmmgfk-52\"><strong>blog post soon<\/strong><\/a> with a couple of ideas on how to use this applet at home or in a classroom.<\/p>\n<p>In other news &#8211; I&#8217;ll be in <strong>Mountain View, California<\/strong>, on the 12th of September &#8211; terribly, terribly jetlagged, but otherwise free, so&#8230; attention any interested Mountain View teachers : I know it&#8217;s short notice, but I&#8217;d be happy to drop by sometime that day &#8211; ether to get the kids hands-on with some polyhedra or mathemagical tricks, or to discuss ideas for helping kids enjoy math more, or just for a casual &#8220;hello&#8221;. Interested? Quickly hit &#8220;reply&#8221; and let&#8217;s get it all organized!<\/p>\n<p>Yours,<br \/>\nMichael Hartley (Dr Mike)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[This is a back issue of this site&#8217;s newsletter] Design and make your own paper polyhedra with the help of the applet on this page Today is the sixth birthday of Dr Mike&#8217;s Math Games for Kids, and the polyhedral nets software I mentioned last newsletter is now done!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1369,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401\/revisions\/1369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dr-mikes-math-games-for-kids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}