MAC - Order no. Windows - Order no. This software complements and extends the traditional process of cutting and pasting to create tessellations. It provides an opportunity for students to create complex tessellations electronically by modifying outlines and adding colourful interior details using the tool box.
Animated sequences show how tessellations are created.
Tessellations can be saved and printed. The teacher resource binder provides a sequence of suggested lesson plans for developing the connections between mathematics and art by using the transformational geometry concepts of translating, tessellating, rotating, and reflecting. This program features conversations with teachers regarding cooperative learning in primary through senior grades. Teachers discuss why they are interested in using cooperative learning approaches and explain some of the practical ways in which they use them in their classrooms. Birse, Jim, Cornwall, Rich and Wilson, Bob.