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Brainwave 8
Can you tessellate?
Design interesting 2 dimensional shapes that will tessellate.
Use computer drawing tools to create a tessellating design by copying and pasting and rotating your 2D shape.
Save you design as a file to submit your response. Your file must be less than 100kb.
For ideas go to the CAP Research Modules Tessellations link.
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Feature Solution
The feature solution for the problem came from Olivia from Warrawong PS
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What did you have to find out?
First I had to find out what tessellate meant.
Secondly I had to find out how to make a tessellating shape.
What materials did you use?
I used Google to look at some photos of tessellating shapes.
I also used paper to practise my design.
When I was sure that my shape was how I wanted it to be I went onto AppleWorks Drawing to draw my design.
How did you think? What strategies did you use? How did you solve this problem?
I practised a couple of times on paper to see what designs I could come up with and when I found the one I liked most I stuck with it.
I had a look around the room to see what my classmates had come up with and got some ideas. I drew the pattern on my computer and I was done.
What answers did you come up with?
I used four hexagons and four triangles to make my tessellating pattern, then it formed into what I thought was a good shape to use.
I will send in my tessellating pattern using my school E-mail account.
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Commendable contributors to the problem were:
Samantha from Warrawong PS
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Solutions were also sent in by:
Danielle from Banks PS
Jack & Peter; clancy & Daisy from Tottenham CS
Nick & Sam; Isaiah & Kyle; Ellis & Luke; Esther & Olivia; Emma & Laura; Tyler & Rhys from Kempsey East PS
Jacob & Stephen; Cohen; Cale; Jayden & Jack; Sany & Zac; Megan & Jason; Olivia & Phebe; Brittaney & Isabella; Jessica; Dylan & Tegan; Courtney; Kris; Sean & Andrew; Robert from Warrawong PS
Year 3 Nyngan PS
Tessellation files sent in by Warrawong PS students.
  
 
 
 
 
Tessellations from Tottenham CS students (pdf file 620kb)
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