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Tessellations

Bill Milburn, EDTEC 470Morse High, Room 5052007-2008

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Tessellation:an arrangement of shapes that all fit together to fill a space.

2. There must be no gaps

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Tessellation (regular):3. the shapes are identical (the

same) and the pattern could be continued indefinitely.

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Tessellation (semi-regular):

These tessellations are made by using 2 or more different regular polygons.

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This is not a tessellationIt’s an interesting design, but it’s not a tessellation. Shapes are not the same, and they do not repeat.

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Tessellation Review

An arrangement of shapes which fit together to fill a space.

There must be no gaps.

Usually the shapes are identical and the pattern could be continued indefinitely.

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Making Tessellations

Directions Try the following:Make a regular tessellation, use only one shape, for example, a hexagon.

Next, use 2 or 3 different shapes of different sizes to make a semi-regular tessellation, like the one above.