S are not the usual geometric shapes the students could sketch a picture of the design or shape that they found.
Students could possibly find how many different shapes they could make with six (or any number) tiles. So students could find some tiles that make a square, a large triangle, a hexagon, etc. Two or more tiles usually make some other shape. Students could count how many tiles are in a certain row (or square, or group, or triangle), they could count how many of the tiles arĮ colored a certain color, or they could find a group of eight diamonds (or any other specified shape). Since tessellations have patterns made from small sets of tiles they could be used for different counting activities. G the tessellation patterns, makes it worth the time spent on teaching about them. Just the problem solving, that is part of creatin The older the students, the more complicated the artwork and patterns can be. All students have an equal chance to make wonderful artwork and patterns with tessellations. Creating tessellations does not depend largely on numerical skills therefore students with many different levels of mathe They can be used from kindergarten to high school. Tessellations can be very useful in education and in teaching mathematics.
