Tessellating patterns
What are they?
A repeating pattern using regular polygons
  No gaps or overlaps
  Each vertex is the sameRegular  Polygons? Equal sides and equal interior angles
VERTEX?Where corners all meet
Has to equal 360 degrees M. C. EscherFamous artist that used tessellations in his works
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Tessellations

Editor's Notes

  • #3 You might be thinking “What are Tessellations?”
  • #4 1937 Metamorphosis I
  • #5 EquilateralTriangles, squares and hexagons are the only shapes that can be used to make regular tessellations.
  • #6 Triangle each 60 degrees, square is 90 degrees and hexagon is 120 degrees
  • #7 1938 Cycle
  • #8 Some of M. C. Escher’s works. 1956 Smaller and Smaller, 1958 Fish Mural, and 1938 Day and Night