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Regular Polygons. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HomePlate.html. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeycomb. Decagon?. Decagon?. GEODESIC DOMES (R. Buckminster Fuller- Bucky Balls). GEOMETRY. The Greedy Triangle Paper Strips MOBIUS STRIP LOOPS WALK THROUGH PAPER Powerpoint
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GEOMETRY The Greedy Triangle Paper Strips MOBIUS STRIP LOOPS WALK THROUGH PAPER Powerpoint Tessellations WITH MANIPULATIVES TRANSLATIONS (SLIDES) REFLECTIONS (FLIPS) ROTATIONS (TURNS) TESSELMANIA http://www.worldofescher.com/store/mania.html Escher OPTICAL ILLUSIONS DIVISION OF PLANES
Activities • Naming shapes • Sorting geometry shapes • What do I have... • Geopardy: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/k/kernan_k/intech/Polygons/polygons.gif&imgrefurl=http://192.107.108.56/portfolios/k/kernan_k/intech/geopardy.htm&h=282&w=282&sz=7&hl=en&start=4&um=1&usg=__JAezMndXLydBwXJF6PWirtWgOlk=&tbnid=nOWb48latKZ7-M:&tbnh=114&tbnw=114&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpolygons%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26rlz%3D1T4SKPB_enCA248CA248%26sa%3DX • OR • http://homepages.ius.edu/JUDCAMPB/lessons/pplesson_files/frame.htm • Tangrams • Cubes • Geopanes • Lines of symmetry (need to create acti) • Pool table
Using Smartboard for tesselations- cloning, rotating and fitting the puzzle pieces together! Must learn to slide parts of the shape.
Regular Tesselations Triangles Quadrilaterals Hexagons
Download tesselmania • http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/pc/tesselmaniap1.html • tesselmania • Download ‘World of Escher • once you have downloaded Tesselmania, • right-click on the Tesselmania icon. • click on Properties, and then click on the "compatibility" tab. • under the "display settings" heading, check off the box next to "run in 256 colours". then click "apply" and then click "ok".
To Save Tesselmania • Maximize your screen • Press Alt and Print Screen at the same time • Go into either Microsoft word or Photoshop and create a new document • Hit the Ctrl and V buttons or edit and paste • Note: in photoshop you can crop the image so that you can get rid of the program border or in Word under Picture format/crop