April5-9


 * Explore the following sites:**

[|Lots of Tessellation LInks]

[|Tessellations.org]

[|MC Escher] - Check out the galleries

[|Crompton Tessellations] - Look at the tessellations on the left

[|Hop's Escher Tessellation Tiles]


 * Make some tessellations on-line:**

[|NVLM's site] - Click on Tessellations. Try several different shapes. Show me your finished product.

[|Shodor Interactivate] - Try several different shapes. Show me your finished product.

Tuesday - Tessellation Exploration
Discuss [|shapes that tessellate].

Explore tessellations here: []

Create your own [|fish tessellation] - This is a translation type of tessellation.

Wednesday - Translation
Lessons adapted from [|Tantalizing Tessellations] by Vivian Archambault, Danielle Desjardins, and Terry Wood

Share Fish Tessellations

Discuss the [|3 types of Tessellations].

[|Transformations Practice.pdf]

Take a [|quiz].

Create a Translation following these directions:



Thursday - Rotation
Discuss Rotation Tessellations using examples.
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 * Using a 2 X 2 square and the nibble technique. We will change an ordinary square into a wonderful new irregular shape.**

1. Lightly shade one side of the square. 2. Draw a simple design from one corner of the sheet to an adjacent corner. (Do not draw diagonally.) You must draw from corner to corner. Do not stop halfway across. 3. Cut on the design line, being sure to have 2 pieces when done - the nibble and the rest of the square. There should be no other pieces lying around. This is very important. No trimming allowed. 4. Instead of sliding the nibble, rotate the nibble at its end point to an adjacent side of teh square, not an opposite side. Tape the piece making sure that it matches a straight edge. Do not overlap the edges when taping them. The corners of the piece and the nibble should match perfectly. 5. Repeat # 3 and 4 on another side. 6. Use your shape to make a rotation tessellation on the paper provide. Trace the shape in the center of the paper. Then slide, rotate and trace. Continue to fill the paper. 7. Now comes the time to be creative! What does your shape look like? Make it into something. Then color. 8. Staple the rotation piece to the back of your tessellation and turn in.

Evaluation: you will be assessed based on the quality of the nibble and the tessellated paper. (Coloring and creativity count, too.)

Friday - - Reflection
Discuss Reflection Tessellations using examples.


 * Using a 2 X 2 square and the nibble technique. We will change an ordinary square into a wonderful new irregular shape.**

1. Lightly shade one side of the square. 2. Draw a simple design from one corner of the sheet to an adjacent corner. (Do not draw diagonally.) You must draw from corner to corner. Do not stop halfway across. 3. Cut on the design line, being sure to have 2 pieces when done - the nibble and the rest of the square. There should be no other pieces lying around. This is very important. No trimming allowed. 4. Slide the nibble across the sheet to the opposite side. **Flip it over** so the colored side is showing on the nibble piece only. Tape the piece making sure that it matches a straight edge. Do not overlap the edges when taping them. The corners of the piece and the nibble should match perfectly. 5. Repeat # 3 and 4 on another side. 6. Use your shape to make a reflection tessellation on the paper provide. Trace the shape in the center of the paper. Then slide, reflect and trace. Continue to fill the paper. 7. Now comes the time to be creative! What does your shape look like? Make it into something. Then color. 8. Staple the rotation piece to the back of your tessellation and turn in.

Evaluation: you will be assessed based on the quality of the nibble and the tessellated paper. (Coloring and creativity count, too.)