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Subject: Mathematics
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.

Resources

Formative assessment in Science and
Mathematics Education (FaSMEd)
The Research Centre for Learning and Teaching
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
UK

Email: fasmed@ncl.ac.uk