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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Regular Tessellations
This site contains a lesson plan on tessellations. There is a link to the NCTM standards that fit this lesson and a link to an applet that is useful to both teacher and student.
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.
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.
Math Playground
Math Playground: Shape Inlay Game
Drag and drop shapes into a puzzle to explore tessellations.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Living in the Mill: 2 D Shapes
Students can use this interactive site to practice various geometric concepts such as rotations, reflections, translations, tesselations and geometric patterns.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Wizards: 2 D and 3 D Shapes
Students will create a model of a three-dimensional shape and create tessellations on a computer using two-dimensional shapes.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Tessellation Artist
Students will have fun making tessellations in this activity, which they can then print out.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Tessellating Triangles
The challenge at this one page website, involves tessellation and triangle. Should you accept this challenge, you will find helpful teacher notes and the solution available right at the website.
PBS
Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]
An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Semiregular Tessellations
This one page Mathworld site has a number of examples of semiregular tessellations. A definition and a small amount of related information is given at the bottom of the page.
Math Cats
Math Cats: Visit Tessellation Town on Tile Island!
Go to Tessellation Town on Tile Island and create a variety of tessellations.
Other
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...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Market Place: 2 D Space
At the Food Market there are a lot of shapes. Help Afia find and name the shapes.
TeacherLED
Teacher Led Interactive Whiteboard Resource Rep Tile
Students use shapes to explore transformations and tessellations with this interactive white board activity.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Geometry and Measurement Word Problems
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in geometry and measurement word problems.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Louisiana Believes: Eureka Math Parent Guide: Foundations of Multiplication and Division
A guide to support parents as they work with their students in the foundations of multiplication and division.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Riksjas, Toek Toek: 2 D Space: Symmetry
Students will play interactive games and explore symmetry.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Building Stars
This interactive activity gives you an opportunity to color in a tessellation that is different from the usual. Read the short introduction to find out more about this tessellation that doesn't repeat.
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.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Tesselation
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Tesselation."
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Tesselation
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Tesselation."
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Tiling With Spidrons
If art and math are both passions of yours, this project is meant for you! Spidrons are geometric forms made from alternating sequences of equilateral and isosceles (30 degrees, 30 degrees, 120 degrees) triangles. Spidrons were...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Envelopes
Explore tessellations with real world applications in this activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families series. Figure out what shape you would use to create a legal envelope from a single sheet of paper. Then discover how...