Polytopia 2

• Key Stage 4: 14 to 16 yrs

Polytopia II: Honeycombs and Polytopes continues the theme of Tessellations and Polyhedra (Polytopia I) to space-filling arrangements of Polyhedra and the 4D equivalents of the Platonic Solids. Topics include Face Centred Cubic and Body Centred Cubic Lattices, Linus Pauling and Crystals of Compounds, Kepler's 'Six-Cornered Snowflake' and the Fourth Dimension.

The CD-ROM is designed to enhance the understanding of 2D and 3D geometry through ten exciting and fully interactive modules. In addition to the Polytopia software, the package includes a booklet of the text and activity guide containing information about the software, and suggestions for project work.

Modules on the Polytopia II CD include:

• 3D Tessellations
• Crystal Lattices
• Crystals of Compounds
• Perspective
• The Fourth Dimension
• The nD Generalisation
• Duality in 4D
• Stellated Polytopes
• Vertex Figures
• 4D Honeycombs