Tessellations

What is a tessellation?

Show some images of different ones and see if students can come up with a definition of what a tessellation is. 

Images: https://www.google.com/search?q=tesselation+images&rlz=1C1GCEB_enAU999AU999&oq=tesselation+images&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i10j0i10i131i433j0i10l7.2712j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Ask the question:

Where might you see tessellations in the real world?

Watch the video below and then create your own tessellation art work pattern.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBVzoaFi90E