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Description

Terrific Tessellations (STEAM)
Outcome: creativity, have fun with math

Resources

- paper - graph paper may be useful if available, or print template sent out in advance
- tape
- pencil
- ruler
- coloured pens/pencils

Instructions

Introduction / Icebreakers
Let’s look at some cool things with shapes - optical illusions


Activity 1 - tesselation artwork - 60 minutes, largely in the zoom room, as girls feel confident with what they’re doing, they can leave, or stay to ask questions

discussion about shapes. what shapes tesselate, why do shapes tesselate, how can we make this more interesting? What about irregular shapes?

First, try out the method with something simple
1) start with a base shape - square, rectangle and cut it out.
2) draw a squiggle on one side.
3) cut carefully along the line. DO NOT CUT ACROSS THE SHAPE
4) transfer to opposite side of shape and sellotape on
5) repeat for other pair of sides
6) now we have a shape that will tesselate!
7) draw around it, then lift off and line it up next to the first shape. repeat several times in a grid formation
8) colour each shape differently
second method possible using tracing paper/baking parchment

Do animals tesselate?
Use the same method.
Girls can use their own imagination, play around until they get an animal shape, use google or take inspiration
from one a few examples I’ll show (here’s one I made earlier)

Debrief/Discussion -
other uses of tesselations / artwork using shapes
talk about mosaics - look at some pictures of famous mosaics
kaleidoscopes

Acknowledgement/Source

Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.co.uk/search/pins/?q=tessellations&rs=typed&term_meta[]=tessellations%7Ctyped
http://www.opticalillusionsportal.com/33-brilliant-geometric-optical-illusion/

Tags

• COVID 19
• creativity
• maths
• Octagon 2021
• Social distanced activity
• tesselations
• Zoom

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