2. What are they?

3.  A repeating pattern using regular polygons  No gaps or overlaps  Each vertex is the same

4. Regular Polygons? Equal sides and equal interior angles

5. VERTEX? Where corners all meet Has to equal 360 degrees

6. Famous artist that used tessellations in his works

9. Make your own

10. For more information and an interactive tessellation application click on the picture

11. References http://www.mcescher.com/ http://www.tessellations.org/index.htm http://www.coolmath.com/lesson- tessellations-1.htm http://www.coolmath.com/lesson- tessellations-1.htm http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/templates /index.html http://library.thinkquest.org/16661/templates /index.html Intended for education purposes only