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Tutorial: Molecular Shapes

Here's a little on some of the basic shapes we use.

Tetrahedron:

First, print out the tetrahedron image. It works better if you use heavier stock paper like that used for cardstock. I've used 67 lb. which works pretty well.

The next thing is to cut along the outside borders and then fold the edges up so you can tape them together. If you can, use something other than scissors to cut the image out. A papercutter or a knife and straight-edge would work better.

Trigonal Bipyramidal Solid:

Use the same tetrahedron image but print out two of them. Follow the same instructions as for creating the tetrahedron. Then, butt the ends up and tape them together.

Octahedron:

Grab the octahedron image and print it out on heavy cardstock. I strongly suggest you don't use scissors on this one. The octahedron take a little more patience and the straightedge is very handy for this one.

Here are the different sections to this tutorial:

Part 1- Shapes with LiveMath:

Some workbooks that use the LiveMath browser plug-in.

Part 2- Quizzes:

Here you can quiz yourself on recognizing the different shapes.