In geometry, a dodecahedron is any polyhedron with twelve flat faces. The most familiar dodecahedron is the regular dodecahedron with regular pentagons as faces, which is a Platonic solid.
Number of faces: 12
Number of vertices: 20 angular points of a polygon,
Number of edges: 30
Volume: (15+7×√5)/4 × a³
Base shape: Pentagon
GET YOUR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING:
1. Think about a polyhedron or a three-dimensional shape with flat polygonal faces, straight edges and sharp corners or vertices. Now, use a polyhedron to create an original character, just like the Dodecahedron from Juster's novel. Give your new character personality and purpose. Draw a picture of your polyhedron character and write a short character profile.
Please explain your answers to the following questions.
2. Milo’s appearance baffled the Dodecahedron. “How terribly confusing,” the Dodecahedron said. What was it that confused the Dodecahedron? Explain.
3.The Dodecahedron brought Milo and company to the mine (cave) where the Mathemagician resided. ON page 179, Milo asked if there were any precious stones in the mine. What was the Mathemagician’s response? Explain what you might do with the piles he showed Milo.
Vocabulary Venture
4-13 The following words are located in Chapter 14. Please find each and define it using a credible source. Record the sentence from Juster's text that uses the word - only one sentence is necessary. Write an additional, original sentences that accentuates the meaning of the word. Then draw a picture illustrating the meaning of the word.
It should look like this:
word
sentence from story with page number
definitions
Your original sentence
illustration of each sentence
dodecahedron
beret
grimace
stalked
doffed
eerie
stalactites
honeycombed
intimidated
awe
Nuisance
