BUILDING SOLIDS
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Module 02 · Solids & Structure

3D Shapes

Explore cubes, spheres, cones, and cylinders. Learn to spot faces, edges, and vertices in the world around you — then drag them and see for yourself.

Explore Solids

Solid Lab

Pick a solid, then drag it with your mouse or finger to spin it around and count every face.

Cube

Drag to rotate

Faces
6
Edges
12
Vertices
8

Every one of a cube's 6 faces is an identical square. That is why dice and Rubik's Cubes use this shape.

Sort by Surface

Look at each solid's surface, then click the family it belongs to.

Score
0 / 6

Which family am I?

Euler's Secret Formula

Every pointy solid hides the exact same secret number. Pick one below and do the math yourself.

6
Faces
+
8
Vertices
12
Edges
=
2
Always!

Solid Hunt

3D shapes are not just on your screen — they are everywhere around you. Can you spot them today?

Cube

Dice

Rect. Prism

Cereal Box

Pyramid

Egyptian Pyramid

Sphere

Basketball

Cone

Ice Cream Cone

Cylinder

Soup Can

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