

You can find the invention tessellation resource here. I had so much fun creating artistic tessellations with my kids that I created a simple “I” tessellation research project for inventions! A list of 50+ inventions is included that students can research and report on in a fun way. bisected square tessellation Digital Art by Chandler Klebs posters, art prints, canvas prints, greeting cards or gallery prints. Reflection or Mirror Tessellation Use a Collaborative Tessellation for a Research Project There are some videos for making rotational and mirror tessellations on YouTube once your students have mastered the simpler translation tessellation:

Rotation tessellations are accomplished by (you guessed it!) rotating the tessellated shape. This is the type of tessellation you can make easily with a sticky note (as shown below). Translation can be thought of as sliding the shape along a plane. They can be made by positioning the same shape with one of these three operations: Tessellations are patterns resulting from arranging, or tiling, shapes without any gaps. In Latin, tessella is a small cubical piece of clay, stone or glass used to make mosaics. Certain basic shapes can be easily tessellated:Ĭombination shapes, complicated shapes, and animals such as the ones found on these sites are also examples to print and color: Tessellations are seen throughout art history, from ancient architecture to modern art. Tessellations are a fun, hands-on way to explore STEAM, whether you are in art class, math class, or in a STEM or STEAM classroom.
