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Tessellations: Geometry and Symmetry

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Students explore the concept of tessellations. For this tessellations lesson, students use an applet to construct tessellations. Students use regular polygons to construct tessellations. Students find patterns and symmetry in their tessellations.

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Concepts
rotations, congruence, polygons, 2-d shapes, 2-d, symmetry, tessellations
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Additional Tags
polygons, symmetry, tessellations, congruence, rotations, translations, glide, rigid motion, math
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