Tremendous Two Week Tessellation!

 

tessellation

A repeating pattern of closed figures that covers a surface with no gaps and no overlaps

Example:
 

This growing tessellation started with three yellow hexagons. The design grew out  from those three polygons. It was designed and assembled over a two week period.

Photo by Royce

Here is a photo of the tessellation after two days.

Below is the final design after two weeks of work! 

It's a masterpiece!

Sadly, the time came for the pattern blocks to be put away. 

Do you have a tessellation in your house? 

Most kitchens and bathrooms have square tiles that tessellate.

 

Tessellation Tuesday!

Today Mrs. Yollis' class learned that when plane figures combine to cover a surface without overlapping or leaving any space between them, those figures tessellate.

The repeating pattern formed by the figures is called a 

tessellation!

Above is a radiating tessellation. 

(The pattern tesselates from the center out.)

Here is a linear tessellation. 

(The pattern is tessellating in a straight line.)

We had fun exploring and even creating some beautiful geometric artwork!

Enjoy!

 Our Tessellations on PhotoPeach

Do you see any tessellations in your house?

What is the shape? 
(We bet you're seeing tessellating squares!)