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Materials Connecting Rods Instructions: 1) Build 5 different polygons (triangle, quadrilateral, pentagon, hexagon, and octagon) 2) Take a photo of your polygons 3) Mark the important parts: vertices, sides, and angles 4) Type labels for each part. 5) Name your shapes (triangle, rectangle, square, hexagon, etc.) 6) Record what you did. Use math words to describe the attributes of your polygon.