Tessellation Creator
Grade: 3rd to 5th, 6th to 8th
A tessellation is a repeating pattern of polygons that covers a plane with no gaps or overlaps. What kind of tessellations can you make out of regular polygons?
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What shapes tessellate? If shapes can be combined to make patterns that repeat and cover the plane, then they tessellate. What patterns can you find?
Hint: The length of the sides of all the shapes are all the same. Only the angles are different. What are the angles in each shape?
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