The search for adventure and exploration is inside many of us, and has been part of human history for thousands of years. Ancient people used boats, horses, or their own feet to explore. Today, we use high-tech devices such as airplanes, submarines, and rockets to explore the world and beyond.

The one thing that we modern people of today have in common with ancient people is that we record and track our exploration in the form of maps.

We live in a three-dimensional space. That means that solid objects around us have length, width, and depth. In geometry, we can talk about specific types of solid objects, one type being Platonic solids.

This is a geometry activity that is good for all ages—some younger learners might need an adult’s help constructing the solids and there is a link to a deeper explanation of Euler’s Formula for more advanced learners!