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M. C. Escher - Design - Math Integration

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students create a tessellations using rotation and translation. They also create a tessellation using reflection.
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Escher Tesselations

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students create their own tessellations.
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Mathematics in Art?

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders view prints of M.C. Escher's work. They look at examples of geometric figures and polygons and discuss places they have seen them. Students create their own tessellations. They write a report about the process they used in...
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Tessellations

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders investigate geometric shapes using tessellations. In this geometry lesson, 7th graders practice tessellations using different shapes. They create different designs using tessellations.
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Recognizing Patterns

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore the concept of patterns. In this patterns lesson, students use applets to manipulate tessellations. Middle schoolers predict the next number in a sequence by recognizing patterns.
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ExplorA-Pond: 4th Grade Perimeter Estimation

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Your geometers are used to finding the perimeter of a square or rectangle, so give them something different this time! With this lesson, small groups will receive a picture of a shoreline and calculate the perimeter. The website listed...
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Math/Quilt Connection

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students explore quilting. In this math patterns lesson, students define the perimeter of a quilt border, create tessellations using geometric shapes, and detemine the area of a quilt.
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Tiling the Plane

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use pattern blocks and triagular grid paper to reivew shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked if they comprehend what a...
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Five E Lesson Plans For Math

For Teachers 8th - 9th
Students use the Five E method to solve problems. In this Five E lesson, students complete math lessons using the Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, and Evaluate technique. They use the Five E's with lessons on tessellations, magnets,...
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Tessellations

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create tessellations. In this math lesson, students explore symmetry and patterns through the creation of a tessellation. Learners design and create their own tessellation.
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Let's Tesselate

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students investigate the geometrical concepts of translation, reflection, and rotation. They make different observations looking for the concepts that are displayed in classroom items like floor tiles, carpet designs, and visuals hung in...
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Tessellation Sensation

For Teachers 3rd - 10th Standards
Geometers investigate patterns and symmetry, and examine the artwork of M.C. Escher on the Internet. They compare his style to the floor and ceiling tiles in the classroom. If you have ImageBlender™ software, you could have your...
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Tessellation Trial and Error

For Teachers 5th - 8th
In this interactive lesson, students review attributes of equilateral polygons. They are introduced to the concept of a tessellation. Using protractors and pre-cut shapes, students arrange a variety of tiles to create tessellations. They...
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"Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt" by Deborah Hopkinson

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create paper quilts of their own using the isometric grid that tessellates the plane or the fraction quilt square.
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Easy and Artistic Printmaking Using Mixed Media Materials

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore printmaking which began with the ancient Chinese who carved seals from stone, inked them and used the seals as identification symbols. They produce a print in this lesson.
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Mathematics of Ornaments and Architecture

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study African traditional architecture. They examine how African ornaments, wall painting and motifs use geometric shapes to express and explain the culture. They discuss the ornaments and architectural designs in the setting...
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Vasarely Was A Colorful Fellow

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders create artwork inspired by the work of Victor Vasarely. In this op art lesson, 8th graders explore color theory and color mixing. Students create ten shapes to use in their artwork and over the course of two weeks,...
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Geometric Transformations

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Learners examine images and preimages of a mapping and identify isometry. They view images by M.C. Escher, observe teacher demonstrations, and create a translation image, a rotation image, and a dilation.
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Symmetry: Theory, Reality and Art!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students explore the concept of geometric symmetry. In this geometric symmetry lesson, students walk around their school and take pictures of objects that demonstrate symmetry. Students use Microsoft Paint to draw the lines of symmetry...
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Doorways/Printmaking

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students are introduced to the techniques used in printmaking along with the relief method and tessellation relationships to art. In groups, they examine a variety of architecture used throughout the Islamic culture. To end the lesson,...
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Figure This! Math Challenges for Families

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Young mathematicians complete a family math challenge packet. They will complete a packet of mixed math activities. They work with graphs, comparing numerical data, tessellations, and probability.
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Marshmallow Figures

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners enjoy making 3-D figures while learning about rectangular prisms, pyramids, vertices, edges, and faces. After a lecture/demo, students use marshmallows, toothpicks and a worksheet imbedded in this lesson to create 3 dimensional...
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Mathematics Within: Shape, Space & Measurement

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers experiment and analyze triangulation to assess degrees of combined angles, predict polygons that tessellate as well as extending of shapes to create tessellations. They explore the concept of why some polygons tessellate...
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Translation

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders identify and interpret vocabulary terms as they relate to vectors. Students practice translations by creating several tessellations. Students determine the direction and distance using vectors. Students use grid paper to...

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