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Gr. 5-12 Shows teachers and students how to design and draw their own Escher-like tessellations to combine math and art into one lesson. The introductory chapters cover the history of tessellations and examples of tessellations in nature and in man-made objects. A chapter on geometric tessellations describes regular and semi-regular tessellations; different types of polygons; and concepts like tiles, edges, and vertices. Transformations and the different types of symmetry found in tessellations are described in depth. Contains over a dozen tips on how to draw tessellations, with examples illustrating each one. Each chapter includes classroom activities that will teach students how to create their own tessellations. 140 pages.
Includes: over 24 templates with grids and detailed instructions for creating tessellations with tiles based on squares, triangles, rhombi, and hexagons.
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