Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool flexagon activities that offer practical applications of the information students learn in class. All activities include how-to photos, easy instructions, and clear explanations. Reinforce Common Core Standards in reading, math, and science, while making cool art projects, from a transformer star to a 3-D flexagon. -- From the publisher.

Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Includes index.

Cool Flexagon Art : Hidden in the Folds -- Polygon Basics : Sides, Vertices, and Angles -- In the Fold : Types of Flexagons -- Folding Tips : Make it Easier! -- Project 1: Make a Hexa-Tetra Flexagon -- Project 2: Make a Hexa-Hexa Flexagon -- 3-D Geometry : From Shapes to Solids -- Project 3: Make a 3-D Flexagon -- Project 4: Transformer Star -- Math Terms -- Glossary -- Web Sites.