Curated OER
Tiling the Plane
Students use pattern blocks and triangular grid paper to review shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked: "Have you ever seen a floor or a wall...
Curated OER
Precision Tools
Learners discuss the appropriateness of using a specific tool to measure and define an object. After measuring the area of their classroom and the objects in it with the appropriate tools, they create a floor plan that makes the most...
Curated OER
Refining and Reasoning Behind Scale Drawings
Students discuss accuracy and the need for it in blueprints in order to create the final project. They further refine and perfect drawings as part of the school drawing project. Students create a blueprint for the new school building...
Curated OER
Scenes of the Earth
Students examine and study how changes in perspective can change the way that they can observe objects. They explore the relationship between a scene's area and its detail. Each student looks at the ground through cardboard tubes from...
Curated OER
Making Kites
Students engage in the study of kites and focus upon the evaluation and designs invovled. They conduct research into the different types of designs and use the information in order to create unique project designs. The drawings are...
Curated OER
Free Printables: Handwriting 2
In this drawing learning exercise, learners copy a number of shapes and then practice drawing the shape in the box provided at the bottom of the learning exercise.
Curated OER
Free Printables: Handwriting 1
In this tracing worksheet, students practice tracing a specific shape or line a number of times on the page. They do not practice writing it on their own.
Curated OER
Minerals
Students explore the concept of minerals. In this minerals lesson, students discuss how cooling affects the size of crystals. Students discuss how the structure of minerals is a tetrahedron. Students discuss the structure of silicates...
Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Art Tessellations
Looks at tessellation artists, including M.C. Escher, Robert Fathauer, and Roger Penrose. This is followed by a discussion of fractals and their similarities and differences to tessellations, and links to lessons and resources on...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Tantalizing Tessellations!
For this unit, students will be taught several techniques for creating tessellations and will respond to their learning in their Math journals.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 2 Polygons and Tessellations
Use Glencoe's Math Course 2 randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of polygons and tessellations. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click...
Other
Center for Technology and Teacher Education:exploring and Creating Tessellations
This site is a Geometer's Sketch Pad lesson plan where students explore tessellations through reflections, rotations, and translations.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Tessellations
Tessellations are explained and described at this website. Three basic rules are given for creating tessellations.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Tessellate!
This creative applet allows you to tessellate variations you create starting with either a triangle, rectangle or hexagon. Directions are only a click away.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Tessellations Geometry and Symmetry
This lesson plan deals with tessellations and their geometric concepts. Upper elementary and middle school students will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature and culture.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Tessellations Grade 8
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Identifying tessellations and figures that will tessellate.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Tessellations Grades 9 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This concept teaches students about tessellations and how to determine whether or not a figure will tessellate.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Unit Shapes From Tessellations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video to determine unit shapes from a tessellation and then take an assessment to test their knowledge.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Determining Whether a Given Shape Can Be Tessellated
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students watch a video to determine if a two dimensional shape can be tessellated and then take a quick assessment to test their skills.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wallpaper Tessellations
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry uses tessellations to wallpaper his apartment.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Tessellations Grades 8 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tessellate figures.
Mathigon
Mathigon: Geometry: Polygons and Polyhedra: Tessellations
This lesson focuses on tessellations, a tessellation is a geometric pattern that covers a surface without gaps or overlaps. They can be seen everywhere in nature such as a honeycomb or a tortoise shell.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Geometry: Symmetry and Tessellations Study Guide
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Provides a brief overview of the different types of symmetry and of how to tessellate a shape.
Cool Math
Coolmath: What Are Tessellations?
A resource describing tessellations with definitions and examples.
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