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Platonic Realms: The Mathematical Art of m.c. Escher
Math Academy Online presents a great M.C. Escher (1898-1972 CE) site for connecting the arts and mathematics. As even Escher said, "For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of...
Other
Brooklyn Children's Museum: Pattern Wizardry!
Interactive exhibition answers all kinds of questions about patterns, symmetry, and tessellations. With games that reinforce concepts and loads of great illustrations. [Requires Shockwave.]
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...
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Review of Transformations
Review of material on transformations, which offers definitions and examples, as well as worksheets and resources for extending instruction. Follow links to find guidelines for examining transformations using a Geometer's Sketchpad.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 3
Browse resources related to third-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 4
Browse resources related to fourth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Math Grade 5
Browse resources related to fifth-grade math standards. Click on a topic for interactive lessons, videos, and extra practice.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Recognizing Patterns
Learners learn to identify a variety of patterns using sequences and tessellations.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Tessellations
Get independent practice working with tessellations. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Tessellation Tutorials
This site provides a wealth of tutorials regarding tessellation. Content ranges from basic definitions of what tessellation is, to the math behind it, to various learning activities.
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: Geometry in Tessellations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan explores tessellations and their geometric properties. Plenty of interactive support is available for students. Lots of resources for teachers to use.
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.
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Visual Patterns in Tessellations
This upper elementary and middle school lesson plan examines the mathematical nature of art, tilings and tessellations. Young scholars will also explore polygons, symmetry, analyze patterns and explore the role of mathematics in nature...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Tessellations and Tile Patterns
Students understand that a tessellation is covering of a plane with a pattern of figures so there are no overlaps or gaps. They draw quadrilaterals and triangles and explore monohedral, dihedral, and trihedral tessellating patterns.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Wallpaper Tessellations
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Harry uses tessellations to wallpaper his apartment.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Merlot Mathematics Portal: Symmetry and Tilings: An Exploration
A geometry lesson where students read about tilings and tessellations, answer some questions, then explore them using an online interactive. Afterwards, they share and apply their learning in discussion and by examining other tilings.
Other
Backtracking: An Interactive Tessellation Game
Click on the squares to move the tiles and create the correct pattern. A fun way to explore the concept of tessellations.
Ministry of Education and Universities of the Region of Murcia (Spain)
Ministerio De Educacion Y Ciencia: Teselacion Del Plano
In Spanish. Gain your knowledge of tessellation with this interactive activity. Topics include identifying regular and semi-regular tessellations and figures that will tessellate. [Requires Java.]
Other
Tessellation World of Makoto Nakamura
There's more to do here than just look at Escher-like tessellations. You can watch animated tessellations and put together puzzles.
TeacherLED
Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Rep Tile
Students use shapes to explore transformations and tessellations with this interactive white board activity.
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 8 10
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Tessellate figures.