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Due Date:_____________________

 Your job is to build a polyhedron that contains as many different types of quadrilaterals that it can.   It can be made from materials of your choice.  The number of different types of quadrilaterals, the total number of quadrilaterals and the more complex it is ... the more points you will earn.  Turn in the finished product complete with a way to hang it up. 

Project Goal:  To build a ready-to-hang complex polyhedron that

• includes as many quadrilateral faces as possible
• include as many different types of quadrilateral faces as possible (square face, kite face, isosceles trapezoidal face, etc.)

Restrictions:  Polyhedron must

• be at least as large as a baseball
• stand no taller than 12 inches
• not be a cube or rectangular solid

Things to turn in:

• polyhedron ready to hang
• a paper that includes
• which quadrilaterals you used, how many of each, and where to find them
• total number of quadrilaterals you used
• directions for making another (this may include drawings)
• the polyhedron's mathematical name if it has one or create a mathematical name based on its mathematical properties and why you chose this name
• mathematical properties – congruent figures, etc.

o       If you use resources (including websites) for the pattern or the paper, please document your sources with a bibliography.

  ** There are no restrictions on materials that can be used - but be reasonable!  

Suggestion for materials that you can use include:

mat board foam core board balsa wood cereal boxes other boxes heavy poster board wood toothpicks straws metal cardboard

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