For this week's online exploration, please visit this Java applet that lets you build tesselations. I'd like you to find out the following information please. Include a comment with your answers for extra credit.
Tiling with Polygons---try out all the shapes that are available on the website.
- Form a regular tessellation using squares.
- Form a regular tessellation using hexagons.
- Form a regular tessellation using octagons.
- Explain why some shapes form regular tessellations while others do not.
Its was really funt o make all the tesselations on the computer, and it was really easy.
Posted by: Laura | March 08, 2006 at 11:03 AM
I wanted to thank you for this site. I found the information to be very helpful and interesting. I look forward to any more information in the future.
Posted by: Florida Vacation | March 09, 2008 at 07:43 PM
i cant find the school work on this websight
Posted by: alexis | May 21, 2008 at 12:36 PM
Alexis,
If you click on the tessselation link, it will take you to Illuminations.
The questions that I wanted students to answer are listed below the link. I didn't post any student work with this but you can imagine what they'll do with the applet in answering the questions.
Thanks for your interest.
Posted by: Marsha | May 21, 2008 at 01:36 PM