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We created a 

GEODESIC DOME

out of recycled newspaper

                   

Build a house of paper  How to build a Geodesic Dome

1. Our dome requires 25 newspaper logs.  To roll each log, first unfold and stack 4 sheets of newspaper.  Set the pencil in one corner and roll up the sheets on the diagonal.  Us the pencil only as a guide to help you roll evenly; don’t roll the paper tightly around the pencil… When you’ve finished rolling a couple turns, sip the pencil out of the log, continue rolling, tape the log shut, then start the next one. 

2. Make 5 triangles, each with 3 logs stapled together at the corners.

3. Staple the 5 triangles together at their bottom corners.  Add 5 connecting logs across the top as shown.

4. Pick up the strip of triangles and staple the ends together so that it forms a standing pentagonal structure.  Staple together the 5 remaining logs to form a star.

5. Staple the free ends of the star to the junctions of the triangles on the base.

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