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TESSELLATIONS
Welcome! You are about to embark upon the exciting adventure of creating tessellations and checking out some works by MC Escher. Good luck:0)
Task #1: Learn about Tessellations
a) What is a tessellation?
b) What shapes are good for making tessellations? Click on this link to see which regular polygons fit around a point. So, a regular tessellation is made up of 1 regular polygon that is repeatedly tessellated around the plane.
c) Click here to see some regular tessellations.
d) What are the properties of a semi-regular tessellation? SCROLL down until your see "semi-regular" tessellations. So, a semi-regular tessellation is made up of a combination of regular polygons. The same combination is tessellated on the plane.
e) Click here to see some semi-regular tessellations.
f) What is a irregular tessellation? So a irregular tessellation is made up of irregular polygons and non polygonal tessellations. In other words irregular tessellations is made up of all other tessellations.
Task #2: Create a regular tessellation
a) Think you get it? Time to create your own REGULAR tessellation! Click on this link to create your own. Don't forget, you can rotate the shapes to make them fit without a gap.
b) Show Miss G when you have completed this task
Task #3: Create a semi-regular tessellation
a) Time to create your own SEMI-REGULAR tessellation! Click on this link to create your own. Don't forget, you can rotate the shapes to make them fit without a gap.
b) Show Miss G when you have completed this task
Task #4: Create an irregular tessellation
a) Time to create your own IRREGULAR tessellation! Click on this link to create your own. Don't forget, you can rotate the shapes to make them fit without a gap.
b) Show Miss G when you have completed this task
Task #5: It's time to compete! Try tessellating FROGS and submit them to a competition! Click here.
Task #6: Chose 4 of the questions below to answer
Biography:
a) When was he born?
b) When did he die?
c) Why is he famous?
d) What is one of his famous works?
e) Besides being a graphic artist what else did MC Escher do?
f) Where was he born?
Picture Gallery
a) Look though MC Escher’s works of art. Which works are your favorites? Name at least 3.
Downloads
a) Download at least one of the MPEGs and watch it. What did you learn from watching this MPEG?