Thursday, July 9, 2009

Tesselations

Bees provide an excellent opportunity to see math in the "real-world". Bee hives are an example of a transformation using hexagons.

Do you know which type of transformation is shown in the picture?


Have you ever created a tessellation? What types of shapes allow themselves to be tessellated?
Kari
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6 comments:

  1. AdrienneJuly 10, 2009 at 10:26 AM

    I have never created a tessellation. I did view a website to help create a tessellation, however, the computer did all the work.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 10, 2009 at 7:48 PM

    It's amazing how we all teach such different content areas and yet with a little collaboration we could integrate all our subjects! Well done Kari. ~Ms. B~

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  3. AnonymousJuly 10, 2009 at 8:07 PM

    Kari...I don't think I have ever made a tessellation... I'll have to try the website-thanks! My son said he did some in geometry and said they were fun. ~Ms. B~

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  4. Team Bee or Not 2 BeeJuly 10, 2009 at 8:35 PM

    When I think of tessellations, I think of the artist M.C. Escher and his repeating shapes. Escher was able to recognize patterns in mundane shapes and make them into art.

    Aaron

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  5. The Shirk ClanJuly 11, 2009 at 6:18 AM

    I LOVE Escher! He does some amazing things. I have a wall full of Escher posters on my wall in my classroom.

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  6. The Shirk ClanJuly 14, 2009 at 7:26 PM

    There is a great website that gives some great definitions and instructions on how to deal with tessellations.

    http://www.tessellations.org/index.htm

    Here is one of my favorite pictures of Escher's.

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