Creating Tessellations
In this worksheet, students create their own tessellations out of different types of grid paper.
This worksheet is a part of a larger unit designed to teach your students to describe translations, as well as how to use those translations to make patterns, images, and tessellations.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to create symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes and recognise line and rotational symmetry of shapes.
- We are learning to create symmetrical patterns, pictures and shapes.
Curriculum alignment
MA2-1WM
old
Uses appropriate terminology to describe, and symbols to represent, mathematical ideas
MA2-3WM
old
Checks the accuracy of a statement and explains the reasoning used
MA2-15MG
old
Manipulates, identifies and sketches two- dimensional shapes, including special quadrilaterals, and describes their features
MA2-2WM
old
Selects and uses appropriate mental or written strategies, or technology, to solve problems
MA2-GM-01
new
Uses grid maps and directional language to locate positions and follow routes
MA2-GM-02
new
Measures and estimates lengths in metres, centimetres and millimetres
MA2-GM-03
new
Identifies angles and classifies them by comparing to a right angle
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
Each grid has a series of small dots that will establish a shape that can be used for the tessellation for students who might otherwise struggle to come up with their own.
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