How to Build a Geodesic Dome Model

Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 8: Connect the Half-hexagons

Connect the Half-hexagons

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Congratulations! You've built a geodesic dome! This dome is 5/8ths of a sphere (a ball), and is a three-frequency dome. The frequency of a dome is measured by how many edges there are from the center of one pentagon to the center of another pentagon. Increasing the frequency of a geodesic dome increases how spherical (ball-like) the dome is.

Now you can decorate your dome:

• How would it look if it were a house?
• How would it look if it were a factory?
• How would it look under the ocean or on the moon?
• Where would the doors go?
• Where would the windows go?

• Get Ready to Build a Geodesic Dome Model
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 1: Make Triangles
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 2: Make 10 Hexagons
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 3: Make 5 Half-hexagons
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 4: Make 6 Pentagons
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 5: Connect Hexagons to a Pentagon
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 6: Connect Five Pentagons to Hexagons
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 7: Connect 6 More Hexagons
• Build a Geodesic Dome Model, Step 8: Connect the Half-hexagons
• About Geodesic Domes