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Tessellations |
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What
is a Tessellation?
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Tessellate
Online
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Tutorials |
| Tessellation
Tutorials |
| Geometry
in Art |
| Math.com
regular tessellations |
| Kaleidoscope
Tessellations |
| Tessellations
Grids |
| Cool
Math Tessellations |
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Smoke and mirrors, and... triangles
and polygons! Find some fascinating math at work here while working
with properties of kaleidoscopes and folded mirrors.
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Tessellation Examples
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| Hop's
Echer's Tiles |
| T
n' T tessellations |
| Classic
Tessellation Design Examples |
| Nick's
Tessellation |
| 21st
Century Escher Inspired Graphics |
| Mathematical
Classifications of Tessellations |
| Santa's
Elves Tessellation |
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Tessellation Projects by Sofie's Gr. 6/7 class |
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Teacher Resources |
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Tantilizing
Tessellations Find fully ten lesson plans here,
with graphics included, on tessellation through math, art, language
arts, and science. Most are cooperative learning lesson plans, requiring
modeling techniques and problem-solving. |
Tessellation
Construction:Try this slideshow style presentation
on tessellation construction as a starting point for understanding
tiling and trying your own compositions. |
Learning Outcomes |
- Investigate
and identify transformations
- Investigate
properties of polygons.
- Manipulate
squares, triangles, rhombuses, hexagons, and trapezoids
to see how they might form patterns on a plane.
- Decide
which of their patterns is a regular tessellation (a pattern
of shapes that cover the plane with no overlaps or spaces
and regularly repeats).
- Discover
properties of tessellations.
- Identify
symmetry in tessellations.
- Discover
connections between mathematics and art.
- Use
a computer program to create a tessellation.
- Share
tessellations by putting creations on the school web site.
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