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Last week we studied Platonic solids, the only five polyhedron with all identical regular polygonal faces and all adjacent vertices are equidistant.

The children investigated the properties of polygons and polyhedron my using manipulative that they could touch and make observations. We focused on the definition of these terms and the prefixes from the Latin and Greek stems as they are named by the number of sides or faces, respectively.

The algorithm for singly even magic squares is not easy; it is not for the faint of heart. Singly even squares are 6x6,10x10,14x14,18x18, etc. Follow the pdf attached. 

A magic star is a variation of a magic square. The numbers are arranged in a star formation such that the sum of the numbers in each of the straight lines formed by the star's points and intersections yields a constant sum. We spent time discussing the mathematical name of a five pointed star. We call this a decahedron because it has 10 sides.

Last week, the children explored odd ordered magic squares where every row, column and both diagonals has the same sum.