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\nEscher-Esque Tessellations\n

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\nMiddle and high schoolers participate in a seven-part lesson creating Escher-Esque tessellations. They demonstrate their knowledge of geometric transformations after viewing a PowerPoint presentation, conducting Internet research, and...\n
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\n\"Tiling\n\n
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\nTiling Tessellations\n

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\nStudents explore tessellations. In this shapes and geometry lesson, students describe the attributes of many of the shapes displayed on an Elmo. Students create examples of tessellations using pattern blocks.\n
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\nRegular Tessellations of the Plane\n

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\nBringing together the young artists and the young organizers in your class, this lesson takes that popular topic of tessellations and gives it algebraic roots. After covering a few basic properties and definitions, learners attack the...\n
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\nTessellations: Lesson\n

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\nBuild a pattern by rotating a figure around one of its vertices. A segment of an extensive playlist on basic geometry introduces the concept of tessellations through regular tessellations. The video shows how to create tessellations and...\n
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\n\"Terrific\n\n
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\nTerrific Tessellations\n

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\nStudents construct tesselations that fosters their ability to create, transform, and critique their own piece of work. This allows them to become aware of repeated patterns in math, and connect these patterns to artwork.\n
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\nTerrific Tessellations\n

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\nLearners create to pieces of artwork using two primary colors and tessellation techniques. This is an excellent lesson that can be accomplished using standard art techniques or educational software such as Adobe Photoshop or Microsoft...\n
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\n\"Tessellations:\n\n
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\nTessellations: Geometric Patterns\n

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\nStudents create tessellation drawings using repeating geometric shapes.\n
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\nTessellations\n

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\nTessellate to fascinate your pupils. Watching a video helps them first understand the idea of tessellations. It then shows how the interior angles of shapes undergoing tessellations will sum to 360 degrees at points where their vertices...\n
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\nTantalizing Tessellations!\n

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\nExamine repeating and intricate patterns with a study of M.C. Escher and a related art activity. Pupils view and discuss the artwork before creating their own tessellating patterns. Step-by-step instructions for creating a template are...\n
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\nTessellations: Geometry and Symmetry\n

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\nStudents explore the concept of tessellations. In this tessellations lesson, students use an applet to construct tessellations. Students use regular polygons to construct tessellations. Students find patterns and symmetry in their...\n
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\nEnticing Tessellations\n

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\nYoung scholars respond to visual effects used in M.C. Escher's artworks. They identify the difference between subject matter and background of visual art. They compare and contrast the basic shapes to create a tessellation with the more...\n
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\nTry Tessellation\n

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\nMost middle schoolers probably feel that quilting is at best an activity left to their grandmothers. This lesson uses the Zome modeling system to get them to realize how shapes in quilting are really tessellations and repeating patterns....\n
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\nInteractivate - Geometry in Tessellations\n

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\nStudents use an on-line worksheet to experiment with patterns of tessellations in regular polygons. As students observe different shapes in the \"Tessellate\" Activity they complete a data table and practice making predictions for...\n
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\nTessellations WOW!\n

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\nLearners identify and manipulate shapes to create tessellations. In these geometry/spatial relations lessons, the students use of a variety of modalities such as literature, music, writing, and art as introductions to the concept of...\n
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\nWallpaper and Tessellations\n

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\nYoung scholars learn about and make tessellations.  In this geometry lesson, students watch a video about wallpaper tessellations and use a handout to learn about tessellations. Young scholars make an irregular tessellation.\n\n
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\n\"Investigating\n\n
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\nInvestigating Tessellations in 2 Dimensions\n

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\nStudents analyze tessellations.  In this geometry lesson, students discover which shapes can or cannot be used to create a tessellation.  Students watch a video, then create their own tessellations.\n
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\n\"Seeing\n\n
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\nSeeing is Believing - Or Is It?\n

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\nHere is a great science lesson. It extends the concept of vision into the area of optical illusions, perspective, and tessellation. This well-designed plan has tons of great activities, utilizes interesting video, and should lead to a...\n
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\nTessellations\n

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\nStudents identify and construct figures that tessellate. They investigate which regular polygons tessellate and how to modify them to make other tessellating figures. Students explore how naturally occurring tessellations have been...\n
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\nExploring Tessellations\n

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\nFifth graders examine how to make tessellations. In this tessellation instructional activity, 5th graders review the meaning of the word \"polygon\" while the teacher shows them various examples. They practice making tiling patterns or...\n
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\nTransformations, Tessellations, and Technology\n

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\nStudents complete a unit about transformations and tessellations. They explore various tessellation websites, determine which shapes tessellate, complete a log about which website activities they complete, and create a tessellation...\n
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\nTessellations Homework\n

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\nIn this tessellation worksheet, students draw tessellations using specified figures. This one page worksheet contains five multi-step problems.\n
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\nVisual Patterns in Tessellations Worksheet\n

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\nFor this tessellations worksheet, students name 3 items that have tessellating patterns. Students then use the interactive tessellating program found at www.shodor.org to draw and answer 5 questions about their tessellations.\n
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\nTessellations Multiple Choice\n

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\nIn this tessellations worksheet, students answer questions about the characteristics of tessellations.  They identify polygons that will and will not tessellate.  Students determine the sum of angles in a polygon...\n
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\nTessellation Lesson Plan\n

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\nStudents produce original tessellations, using equilateral triangles where three unique symmetrical faces rotate, use shape, pattern/repetition, and color to create a striking composition, and create \"beasties\" inspired by bestiaries of...\n
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