Sunday 7 August 2016

Tessellation

  Tessellations
Definition of Tessellation

A pattern made of identical shapes:
• the shapes must fit together without any gaps
• the shapes should not overlap


Vocabulary/Glossary
Polygon - Shape
Vertice - corner
Angles -The amount of turn between two straight lines that have a common endpoint (the vertex).


Regular Polygons
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A regular polygon is when the polygons sides are all equal and they all have the same length.
Salzman, L., (1990).  Cool Tessellations.  Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids!  P6-7)
Irregular Polygons
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A irregular polygon is when they the polygons sides are not equal and not the same length.
Salzman, L., (1990).  Cool Tessellations.  Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids!  P6-7)


Reference
Definition of Tessellation
Definition of Angles

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