Challenge

Build Prisms & Antiprisms

Build pairs of equal polygonal faces connected with squares or triangles.

What are prisms and antiprisms? Are they Johnson Solids? How many are there?
What symmetries do prisms and antiprisms have?
How can you calculate the surface area and volume of a prism? What about an antiprism?
How are prisms and bipyramids related?
How have prisms been used to study light? What is refraction?
How can you combine prisms and antiprisms with cupolas, rotundas and pyramids to create original sculptural forms?
How can you write and test an instruction guide for building a specific prism and antiprism pair?

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