Paper Nature – Platonic Solids

I intend to create the five platonic solids out of paper and have them represent the five “basic” elements: the cube is earth; octohedron is air; icosahedron is water; fire is tetrahedron; “ether” is dodecahedron. They will be connected to the Makey Makey through the alligator clips, and there will be two conductive spots on a flat sheet of paper. The user can choose one element to place down, causing the appropriate background/animation to appear on the computer screen (if the tetrahedron is chosen, the screen will turn red and have a fire animation, etc.) Two can be placed down at the same time, combining the elements and producing the result on-screen (fire and earth might create lava.)

 

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