tessellations kaylee kennedy phillips geometry/physics
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TessellationsKaylee Kennedy
PhillipsGeometry/Physics
What is a tessellation?• A tessellation is created when a shape is
repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps.
• Tilling is a different word for tessellation.
Types of Tessellations:• Line Symmetry• Rotation Symmetry• Translation
Line Symmetry• When a figure can be flipped or reflected
over a line and appears unchanged.
Translation• When an object is moved in a line without
turning or changing in size or shape
Rotation• Rotation is spinning the pattern around a
point, rotating it. A rotation, or turn, occurs when an object is moved in a circular fashion around a central point which does not move.
Shapes:Some regular shapes that can be turned into tessellations include:• Triangles (Equilateral, all sides the same)
• Squares
• Hexagons
Shapes Continued…Some examples of irregular shapes that can be tessellations are…• Arrows
• Rectangles
• Cross
Online• Here is a link to a fun website that you van create
tessellations on:
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3533
Websites Used:• http://coolmath.com/lesson-tessellations-1.htm• http://www.tessellations.org/tess-what.shtml• http://www.coolmath4kids.com/• http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/grids.htm• http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html• http://
mathartfun.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/Tessellations/NatureTess.html
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