The Five Platonic Solids

Content Name

The Five Platonic Solids

Content Type

Partner Content

Description

Over two millennia ago, the Greek Philosopher, Plato, linked 5 solids with congruent, regular polygon faces and an identical number of edges meeting at each vertex, to the elements of fire, water, earth, air and the constellations. This video explores those 5 platonic solids.

Curriculum

• Country

  England

  Key Stage:

  Key Stage 2

  Years:

  Year 6, Year 5

  Subjects:

  • Mathematics

  Topics:

  • Geometry - properties of shapes

  Programmes of Study:

  • identify 3-D shapes, including cubes and other cuboids, from 2-D representations
  • compare and classify geometric shapes based on their properties and sizes and find unknown angles in any triangles, quadrilaterals, and regular polygons
  • recognise, describe and build simple 3-D shapes, including making nets

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