Becky,Krista


 * Part 1: Project Summary **

**Students will explore transformations and examine Escher's tessellations in order to create tessellations of their own.**

**Content **
 * Predict and describe results (size, position, orientation) of transformations of two-dimensional figures.
 * Use transformations to create a tessellation.

**Pedagogy**
 * We will use direct instruction with the use of Eno board and internet resources.

**Technology**
 * Eno Board, internet websites, paper, pencil, crayons, colored pencils, etc

**Part 2:**

For students to be able to create tessellations, they must understand transformations (rotation, reflection, translation). For students in sixth grade, this should be a review. Teachers can use this interactive site [] to review transformations (or students can explore this site in a computer lab).

To get students interested in tessellations show the following photo story showing examples of Escher's tessellations.

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Use the following websites to explore and examine Escher's tessellations to see how he created them from transformations. [|Totally Tessellated] [|Tessellations- Escher]

This page gives a detailed explanation of how to create a tessellation with paper and pencil. [|How to...]

To show students actual student examples and to offer an extension(tessellation contest) []

Students now create their own tessellations!!!

**Part 3:** 

**Part 4:** To finalize the project, pictures of each student's tessellation will be uploaded onto the computer to be viewed on the "big screen" in the classroom. Students will be able to present and explain how they created their tessellation.