Tessellation project
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A tessellation is a series of interlocking shapes that fit together without gaps or overlaps. Common examples of tessellations include bathroom tiles, subway tiles, puzzles, checkerboards, chessboards, Chinese checkers boards, and honeycombs. The document then provides instructions for creating a hexagonal tessellation out of triangles by drawing symmetrical faces, cutting out triangles, tracing halves of faces on the edges, flipping and tracing the backs, cutting out more triangles, and gluing them together to form a hexagon.
Tessellation project
- 2. A TESSELLATION is any series of interlocking shapes. Can you think of any examples of tessellations? Bathroom tiles, subway tiles, puzzles, checkerboards, chessboards, Chinese checkers boards, and honeycombs are all examples of tessellations.
- 20. STEPS Draw 3 symmetrical faces on the paper your are given. Cut out the triangle you are given. Draw ½ of a face on one edge of the triangle you are given. Repeat step 2 for the other 2 faces. Trace with permanent marker. Flip over your triangle and trace the back with permanent marker.
- 21. 7. Cut out the triangles your are given. 8. Trace 6 fronts of your triangle Trace 6 backs of your triangle Glue down your triangles into a hexagon. Color your tessellation neatly.