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MATH
PATTERN PLAY
Create a a a a a a a work of of art using a a a a a a a pattern of of flat shapes What you need:
• A blank piece of paper
• Pencil
• Markers/Crayons
How to:
• Decide if you would like to draw triangles or squares • Draw your your first shape with a a a a pencil wherever you’d like on your your paper
• Draw the the the shape shape again using one of of of the the the sides of of of your first square or triangle as a a a a a a a a side of of the the the new shape shape • Repeat this pattern over over and over over until your page is is filled as as much as possible • Make sure you you don’t leave any spaces and your shapes should should not overlap They should share sides though • Color in in your your squares or or or triangles however you’d like Can you you you you you follow follow a a a a a a a a a a a a pattern pattern with how how you you you you you you color in in your your shapes shapes as well? See if you you you can follow follow a a a a a a a a a a pattern pattern where no two shapes shapes of the same color are touching Dutch graphic artist M C Escher can be regarded as as as the the ‘Father’ of modern tessellations in in art He was a a a a a a a a a a master of lino and and wood cuts and and produced many superbly crafted tessellations in his vast body of work What’s happening?
You are making regular regular tessellations! A regular regular tessellation is is created when something is is covered in in a a a a a a repeating flat shape with no spaces or overlaps Most tessellations are made
using regular polygons which are shapes made
of straight lines where all sides are the same length Triangles squares and hexagons (6-sided shape)
are all examples of regular polygons You can also make semi-regular tessellations which combine two or more regular polygons Can you make a a a a new tessellation paper
that uses both
triangles and squares? Remember you want to fill the page as as much as as you can without spaces or overlaps 20
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