Hard to capture as a photo in

a narrow corridor!

Display materials!

• This display is made up of tessellating fish shapes. The fish were contributed by hundreds of students at my school and stuck onto display paper for a large display (over 1m tall,2m wide).

• Students made the display and really enjoyed doing it

• The fact that student’s own fish are included has attracted a lot of student interest and it is on the tour of the school as the guides show off their fish!

4. We now have our basic tessellating fish pattern...

4. We now have our basic tessellating fish pattern...

3. The pieces we’re interested in are the upper right and lower left corners – these are going to make our fishes tail...

3. The pieces we’re interested in are the upper right and lower left corners – these are going to make our fishes tail...

1. We have a square...1. We have a square...

2. What we’ll do is draw a very light circle in the middle of the square...

2. What we’ll do is draw a very light circle in the middle of the square...

4. To do this, we must slide the pieces in the appropriate direction to make the tail...

4. To do this, we must slide the pieces in the appropriate direction to make the tail...

4. To finish off we simply need to add our inner fish detail...

4. To finish off we simply need to add our inner fish detail...

This is the template, the display has 2 large fish, each made of fish templates, but the left

hand fish uses the template enlarged

Sorry – I cannot remember where I got this from – if you know let me know as I will acknowledge it

Born: June 17, 1898, LeeuwardenDied: March 27, 1972, Hilversum

M. C. EscherMaurits Cornelis Escher, usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist. He is known for his often mathematically inspired artwork. We is especially admired for his tessellations and impossible pictures