Regular Polygons

Decagon?

GEODESIC DOMES (R. Buckminster Fuller- Bucky Balls)

GEOMETRY  The Greedy Triangle  Paper Strips MOBIUS STRIP LOOPS WALK THROUGH PAPER  Powerpoint  Tessellations WITH MANIPULATIVES TRANSLATIONS (SLIDES) REFLECTIONS (FLIPS) ROTATIONS (TURNS) TESSELMANIA  Escher OPTICAL ILLUSIONS DIVISION OF PLANES

Activities Naming shapes Sorting geometry shapes What do I have... Geopardy: p:// /portfolios/k/kernan_k/intech/geopardy.htm&h=282&w=282&sz=7&hl=en&start=4&um=1&usg=__JAezMndXLy dBwXJF6PWirtWgOlk=&tbnid=nOWb48latKZ7- M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpolygons%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SKPB_enCA248CA248%26s a%3DX OR Tangrams Cubes Geopanes Lines of symmetry (need to create acti) Pool table

Using Smartboard for tesselations- cloning, rotating and fitting the puzzle pieces together! Must learn to slide parts of the shape.

Squares

Rhombi

Pentagons

Hexagons

Heptagons

Octagons

Nonagons

Decagons

Regular Tesselations Triangles Quadrilaterals Hexagons

Download tesselmania htmlhttp:// html tesselmania Download ‘World of Escher once you have downloaded Tesselmania, right-click on the Tesselmania icon. click on Properties, and then click on the "compatibility" tab. under the "display settings" heading, check off the box next to "run in 256 colours". then click "apply" and then click "ok".

To Save Tesselmania Maximize your screen Press Alt and Print Screen at the same time Go into either Microsoft word or Photoshop and create a new document Hit the Ctrl and V buttons or edit and paste Note: in photoshop you can crop the image so that you can get rid of the program border or in Word under Picture format/crop