![]() The earliest tessellations we can find come from Islamic art circa 3000 BC. Tessellations have been used all around the world for many years. ![]() If you can have students point out the three features of tessellations, it will help to make their understanding more concrete and it will also review the definition. Teach students about the history of tessellations and show examples.Encourage students to experiment to see if they can discover other ways to make shapes tessellate.They will notice that only some, not all, can make a pattern that would fit all three of the criteria. Younger students can discover for themselves what shapes tessellate using pattern blocks and lots of space.Have your students teach another class how to tessellate.(For example, ask them to tell you who is adjacent to them or ask them to label the top right vertex of a shape you provide.) ![]()
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