Tessellations

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Shodor Interactive: Tessellate

http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/activities/tessellate/

Quickly create different tesselations. Choose from the list of shapes. Use the editing options to disfigure your shape. Choose a color scheme and click the Tesselate button. Click the Information button to learn more about the Area, Perimeter, and sides of the original shape.

NLVM: Tessellations

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/topic_t_3.html

Use the various shapes provided to create different patterns to tesselate. Hover over an edge or corner to see a dot that you can use to grab and rotate the object. Clone your objects to keep from having to re-create them manually.

Math Cat's Tessellation Town

http://www.mathcats.com/explore/tessellationtown.html

Click on the island to go to Tessellation Town to interact with and manipulate lots of objects, such as fish, flowers, or tiles to create different of tessellations.

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