Totally Tessellated: Welcome. As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism. Parents - For supporting the use of technology not only as an instrument of learning, but as a means of creating knowledge. We encourage everyone to continue to “Think, Create and Collaborate,” unleashing the power of technology to teach, share, and inspire. Best wishes, The Oracle Education Foundation. Tantalizing Tesselations!! Integration This unit integrates math with language arts and arts education. Throughout the activities in this unit, the students are asked to respond to the concept of tessellations. They will write definitions and assess how well their group worked together.
In addition, we have exposed the students to tessellations in the environment, such as interior design. If one can locate some prints by M.C. This mathematical topic can also be explored in other subjects. CELs Communication - students will communicate their understanding of the different tessellation concepts in written form. Numeracy - Students will engage in problem solving as they discover the different ways one can tessellate polygons from the geoblocks, and how to tessellate a shape using slide, rotation, and reflection techniques. Personal Social Values and Skills - Students will work cooperatively and contribute positively in the group learning activities. Grouping Materials Evaluation Activity 1: Activity 2 Set: Development: Set:
Tessellation Tutorials by Suzanne Alejandre. Tessellation Town -- tessellations at Math Cats. Escher and how to make your own. Shapes at EnchantedLearning.