Introduction to Tessellations
Students will explore how regular and irregular polygons can tile a plane without gaps or overlaps, creating tessellations.
Key Questions
- Explain why only certain regular polygons can tessellate a plane.
- Analyze examples of tessellations in art and nature.
- Design a new tessellation pattern using a combination of different shapes.
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