Tessellations

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A tessellation is when a shape is repeated over and over again and fits together in a pattern without overlapping or leaving gaps.

Maurits Cornelis Escher, famous graphic artist, used mathematics (especially geometry) in creating tessellations in many of his drawings and prints.

For this project we again will be needing the turtle graphics library again so that the shapes can be drawn.

Extension:

Complete the tessellation by drawing the other side of the shape.

What it will look like…

Full process presentation is awailable in documents section

Learn what is tessellations
Import turtle library (pages 7 to 8)
Apply previous knowledge of subroutines, loops and angles to draw first triangle of hexagons (pages 9 to 18)
Draw second triangle, whitch fills in the first one (pages 19 to 20)
Fill in rest of triangle (page 21)
CHALLENGE:
- Finish the tessellation by drawing the reflection of the shape – so it forms a bowtie shape.
- Or you can create your own tessellation with different shapes and patterns.

Now check you have completed the following Learning Outcomes:

Learn what are tessellations
You should confidently be able to import library into Pythonb
You should be confident in using subroutines, moving turtle to draw shapes in different speeds and colours.

Next steps:

You should now move to next Level 2 activity "Custom Wardrobe"

Learning Objectives

Learn what is tessellations
You should have confidently been able to import a library into Python
You should be confident in using subroutines to create regular shapes
You should be comfortable using angles to navigate through regular shapes
You should be confident in manipulating the speed and colour within a turtle graphics program