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What is a Tessellation?
• The graphic artist M.C. Escher (1898 – 1972) was intrigued with the idea of creating a single shape that could be copied and then used to cover a surface without any gaps or overlaps.
• These coverings or tilings of the plane are called TESSELLATIONS.
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M.C. Escher Creations
• http://www.mcescher.com/
• http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/geparker/examples_of_tessellations.htm
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Simple Translation TessellationPolygon should have opposite sides that are parallel and congruent.
squares hexagons
parallelograms
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Glide Reflection TessellationPolygon should have opposite sides that are parallel and congruent.
squares hexagons
parallelograms
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Rotational Tessellation Adjacent sides must be congruent.
squares triangles hexagons
parallelograms
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Now You Can Make Your Electronic Tessellation Using Pattern Blocks
• http://www.arcytech.org/java/patterns/patterns_j.shtml
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