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Join us to learn about tessellations! Follow along by clicking on each picture in numerical order.

1. Introduction

2. Task

3. Process 4. Evaluation

5. Conclusion

INTRODUCTION

Hi guys! My name is Larry the Lizard, and I’m here to help you learn about tessellations! Are you ready!?

Click on Larry the Lizard to start the Web Quest! He will help you figure out what a tessellation is, show you examples of some, and even explain how to make one!

Task

As you go through the WebQuest, your task is to think about these questions:

1. What is a tessellation?

2. Which shapes can tessellate?

3. What 3 types of symmetry are found in tessellations?

4. What was M.C. Escher famous for?

If you guys are ready, CLICK ME TO BEGIN!

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Process

Are you curious about tessellations yet? Lets get started! Click on the flowers in numerical order to begin.

1. Print off your study guide to help you take notes!

2. Click here to find out what a tessellation is, and see different examples of each.

3. When you click here, you will find out what a regular tessellation is!

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Process

6. Create tessellations yourself to find out which shapes can, and can’t, tessellate (use one shape at a time).

7. Play this game to experiment with shapes and try to create tessellations with them!

8. Find out how to create a tessellation by clicking here!

4. Learn about M.C. Escher and his work with tessellations here.

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5. See some beautiful examples of Escher’s work!

Process

9. Figure out how to create a tessellation with translational symmetry!

12. Practice creating a tessellation on your own!

10. Click here to find out about tessellations with rotational symmetry.

11. All about tessellations with reflection symmetry!

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Evaluation

Awesome job guys! You have almost proved you know what tessellations are. The last step is to make one by yourself!! Follow these steps to make a masterpiece of your own!

3. Click on the shape that CAN tessellate to find the directions. Print them.

1. Collect all the materials you will need:3 x 3 square, scissors, tape, pencil, blank sheet

4. Create a tessellation with translational symmetry on your blank sheet using the directions. Be creative!

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Conclusion

Awesome job!!! Lets review what you just learned!

1. Tessellations are a repeating pattern of shapes that fit together like a puzzle without gaps or overlaps.

2. A regular tessellation must tile a floor, must contain all regular polygons, and must be the same at every vertex.

3. M.C. Escher was famous for his tessellations, because he created tessellations with a lot of symmetry and creativity.

4. Not all shapes can tessellate.5. There are 3 types of symmetry in tessellations; translational (slide),

rotational (rotate), and reflective (like a mirror).6. How to make a tessellation by yourself!

Can you name some examples of where we see tessellations in everyday life?

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There’s one last thing I forgot to tell you…….click me to find out!

I can be tessellated too!!! Do you know what symmetry is in my tessellation?

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1. Introduction 2. Grade

3. Standards

4. Process 5. Resources

Introduction

Hi, Teacher!This WebQuest is designed to help you teach a lesson on shapes,

symmetry, and tessellations!

By the end of this WebQuest, your students will understand what a tessellation is, what shapes can tessellate, what symmetry is found in tessellations, and how to make a tessellation of their own!

The WebQuest includes multiple internet sources, so feel comfortable as your students begin exploring the web on their own!

**This lesson is an introductory to tessellations, and can be used as the start of a unit for tessellations and their properties.

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Grade

This lesson is designed for 5th grade.

The lesson is based on the 8th grade geometry standard, and has been modified to be taught to this appropriate age

level.

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Standards

1. CCSS.Math.Content.8.G.A.1 Verify experimentally the properties of rotations, reflections, and translations.

2. NETS- Student: Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.

B. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize,

and ethically use information from a variety of

sources and media.

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Process1. Your students will enter the WebQuest, where they will click “begin”

nd be directed to a student page.

2. This will bring them to their homepage, where they will click on the flowers in numerical order.

3. First, they will click on “Introduction,” where they will begin learning about tessellations. They must click on Larry the Lizard to begin.

4. By clicking on Larry, the students will be brought to the “Task” page, where they will learn what the objectives are for this WebQuest. This allows the students to understand what is expected.

5. By clicking on Larry again, the students will be directed to the “Process” page. Here, the students will be guided through a variety of steps that include links to internet sources, including web pages, videos and games. Each resource is educational and will make learning tessellations so much fun!

6. Once finished with the process, students will reach the evaluation page, where they will be required to make their own tessellation (only using translational symmetry). This will help you assess their learning and understandings of tessellations and their properties.

7. Lastly, students will reach the “Conclusion” page. Here, the lesson is brought full circle by reviewing what the students have learned and by leaving their minds thinking with the question: Can you name some examples of where we see tessellations in everyday life?

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Resources1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-3tOa9CPb0

2. http://www.coolmath4kids.com/tesspag1.html

3. http://www.mcescher.com/about/biography/

4. http://www.mcescher.com/gallery/symmetry/

5. http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3533

6. http://pbskids.org/cyberchase/math-games/cant-wait-tessellate/

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lg19NvW_sU

8. http://www.tessellations.org/tess-symmetry2.shtml

9. http://www.tessellations.org/tess-symmetry5.shtml

10.http://www.tessellations.org/tess-symmetry3.shtml

11.http://www.pbs.org/parents/education/math/games/first-second-grade/tessellation/

12.http://www.jimmcneill.com/demo.html

13.http://www.exploratorium.edu/geometryplayground/Activities/GP_Activities_3-5/MakingATranslastionTessellation_3-5_v5.pdf

14.http://www.exploratorium.edu/geometryplayground/Activities/GP_Activities_3-5/MakingATranslastionTessellation_3-5_v5.pdf

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