Antiprism-tastic!

So excited!  Sunday, November 3rd is One World Antiprism Day!!! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science.  What’s a prism? Picture a Toblerone box—ends are two small triangles, sides are three long skinny rectangles, spelling out “To-bler-one.”   An antiprism? Hold the two triangular ends, twist them. 

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AntiPrism Day 2023!

Middle school students at the Warner Middle School and Westminster High School celebrated One World AntiPrism Day on November 3, 2023! An antiprism is a 3D Prism with two parallel shapes connected with rectangles. Think of something like a box of Cheerios! ANTIprisms have a novel twist — they use

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Antiprism-tastic!

What’s the difference between the Baltimore World Trade Center and New York’s One World Tower?  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying —  One is a prism and the other is an ANTIprism! 3D prisms have two parallel shapes connected with rectangles. Think — cereal

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Antiprism-tastic!

What’s the difference between the Baltimore World Trade Center and New York’s One World Tower?  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying —  One is a prism and the other is an ANTIprism! 3D prisms have two parallel shapes connected with rectangles. Think — cereal

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Antiprism-tastic!

What’s the difference between the Baltimore World Trade Center and New York’s One World Tower?  This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying —  One is a prism and the other is an ANTIprism! 3D prisms have two parallel shapes connected with rectangles. Think — cereal

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Make Your Own Antiprism

Illustrator and craft blogger Rachel Basinger teaches you how to make your own 3-D Antiprism sculptures. Courtesy of Guardian News & Media Ltd. Materials: four straws, scissors, and some bakers twine (available online here). Step 1: Cut your straws into thirds. Take three pieces of your straw and thread them on

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