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Escher-Esque Tessellations Lesson Plan

Escher-Esque Tessellations Lesson Plan

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Middle and high schoolers participate in a seven-part instructional activity creating Escher-Esque tessellations. They demonstrate their knowledge of geometric transformations after viewing a PowerPoint presentation, conducting Internet research, and applying geometric software. Students write an essay describing their tessellation and why it is an example of geometric art.

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reflections, translations, rotations, congruence, coordinate plane, escher, tessellations, transformations

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m.c. escher, reflections, rotations, coordinate plane, tesselations, transformations, translations, rigid motion, congruence, geometry software, math

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8th - 11th

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Duration

21 days

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