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• Regular polygons • 2-D regular shapes with • Your own tessellation
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m Make your own tessellation.
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You can make tessellations with or with more than one. This is V ~
one regular shape ... a semi-regular tessellation. from one corner to another, like this.
• Translate the cut-out piece ?5J~
to the opposite side.
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• Flip over the cut-out piece and ____ _
W Name the three shapes used in the semi-regular tessellation above. tape it in place.
W Decide the best way to construct and draw tessellations like these.
• Cut another piece from one side, like this. _ W
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b • Translate the cut-out piece to the n
opposite side and tape it in place.
Draw round your shape and try to make it tessellate.
Look carefully to see how the tile on this pag~ tessellates.
m Try to make other semi-regular tessellations using these shapes.
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CHALLENGE
Try to draw the semi-regular tessellation What happens if you
shown at the top of the page. flip both pieces?

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Regular hexagons, squares, Practical: constructing tessellations Practical: making tessellation by Practical: testing the tessellation
equilateral triangles. from diagrams. 'cut-slide-and-flip-over' of one side. made in [1].

Challenge Challenge

Practical: making semi-regular Construction of semi-regular Investigating whet happens if
tessellations from: tessellation shown at top of page. 'cut-slide-and-flip-over' is used on
a regular octagons and squares, two sides.
b regular hexagons and equilateral
triangles.