1. Tessellated Shapes Name:
tessellated_shapes.ppt
Tessellated Shapes
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© Mark Hennessy 2006, Switch on to Mathematics, Curriculum Corporation.

2. Skills Drill
Disable Snap to Grid option to allow exact tessellation. Draw menu > Grids and Guides > Snap objects to grid.
Rotate and flip objects to fit with other shapes. Draw menu > Rotate or Flip.
Group several shapes together to make one cluster. Draw menu > Group.
Line up shapes and evenly space them. Draw menu > Align or Distribute.
Position shapes with greater precision and accuracy by using the directional keys (arrows) on the keyboard.

3. Section 1
Tessellating Specific Shapes
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4. Tessellating regular octagons with isosceles triangles
Create the tessellated design that you see below. Slide the shapes to create a tessellation. You may need to flip and rotate some of the shapes before they will tessellate. What happens if you use the Free Rotate tool?

6. Tessellating trapeziums, isosceles triangles, five-pointed stars
and regular pentagons
Create the tessellated design that you see below. Slide the shapes to create a tessellation. You may need to flip and rotate some of the shapes before they will tessellate.

8. Section 2
Tessellating Irregular Shapes
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9. Create the tessellated design that you see below
Create the tessellated design that you see below. Drag the shapes to create a tessellation. You do not need to flip and rotate any of the shapes to get them to tessellate.

11. Section 3 Creating your own Tessellating Designs with Specific Shapes
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12. Investigate the properties of the shapes below by combining them in a tessellated arrangement to create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shapes numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shapes using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes.

13. Investigate the properties of the shapes below by combining them in a tessellated arrangement to create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shapes numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shapes using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes.

14. Investigate the properties of the shapes below by combining them in a tessellated arrangement to create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shapes numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shapes using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes.

15. Investigate the properties of the shape below by arranging it in a tessellation to create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shape numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shape using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes
using up to 3 colours.

16. Investigate the properties of the shapes below by combining them in a tessellated arrangement to create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shapes numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shapes using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes.

17. Investigate the properties of the shapes below by combining them in a tessellated arrangement to create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shapes numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shapes using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes.
In your design you MUST:
Use and for every one of

18. Section 4 Creating a Tessellating Design from Scratch
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19. Choose two regular shapes and one irregular shape
Choose two regular shapes and one irregular shape. Combine them to form a tessellated arrangement. Create a striking design; a repeating pattern of colour and shape.
Create your pattern by:
duplicating the shapes numerous times (Ctrl + D for PC; D for Mac)
flipping and rotating the shapes using the Rotate or Flip tools
grouping clusters of shapes
experimenting with colour.

20. Print this activity as a handout
Print this activity as a handout. Rather than print individual pages and waste paper, print this activity as a handout with six slides on each page. That means the whole task will fit onto a few pages instead of many.
INSTRUCTIONS
Select Print from the File menu.
(Mac: Pull down on the Copies & Pages menu and select Microsoft PowerPoint.)
Within the Print Dialogue Box, click on the Print what pull down menu and select Handouts (6 slides per page).
Click OK/Print.
PRESTO!