![]() ![]() Look for examples of tessellations in students’ environment such as lino, or tile patterns, facades of buildings, or honeycombs in beehives. Mosaic tiles can be created from fired clay, or cobblestones created from concrete. Tessellation might fit well with efforts to beautify the school environment. Students might be fascinated by the work of Dutch artist Escher, who built his work on distorting regular polygons to create ‘life-like’ tessellation patterns, or by the work of New Zealand artist Glen Jones or Australian artist Bruce Bilney. ![]() For example, tessellations are prominent in Islamic art traditions and in tapa cloth designs from Pacific nations. The contexts for this unit can be adapted to suit the interests and cultural backgrounds of your students. ![]() Motivate students to add a new, undiscovered tessellation to the class display.
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