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How to make a

Dodecahedron


The Dodecahedron demonstration

You can print off the template HERE!
1/ Cut a pentagon out of card. Drawn in the diagonals to make a smaller pentagon in the centre. 2/ Draw the diagonals across the smaller pentagon, then extend them.
3/ Cut out the five triangles at the edges. 4/ Make a second copy of the same shape. Bend and open the card along the edges of the centre pentagon to loosen it up. Put the two shapes together as shown.
Wrap a long elastic band around the edges, going in front of and then behind each corner. Release the shapes carefully... ...TA-DAH!
This is how "The Magic Ball" trick works in THE MAGIC OF MATHS Find more about dodecahedrons in ALL SHAPES AND SIZES

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