Tessellations
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Lesson Account: A lesson focusing on 2D shapes and tessellations.
| Subject: | Mathematics. |
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| Age of students: | 10-11 years. |
| Hardware: | iPads and Interactive whiteboard. |
| Software: | ‘Tessellation Creator’ app. |
| Functionalities: | Sending and Displaying. |
| Time: | 1 hour. |
| FaSMEd Partner: | University of Nottingham. |
Summary
The lesson focused on clarifying concepts and terminology about 2-D shapes before students explored the concept of tessellation by carrying out their own investigations into which regular shapes tessellate.
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