Tiling: Look Kool, Season 1
Catalogue Number: APT098
Producer: Apartment 11
Subject: Mathematics
Language: English
Grade Level: PreK - 2, 3 - 5, 6 - 8
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2015
Running Time: 22:00
Closed Captions: Yes
Tiling (or tessellation) is covering a plane surface with shapes that fit together without overlaps or gaps. Hamza examines repeating patterns of shapes on a quilt and a shower wall; tiling patterns also occur in natural objects such as pineapples, honeycomb and a turtle shells. The investigators find other examples: brick paths, tire tread patterns, and a soccer ball. Tessellation patterns may be made with repetitions of one shape or with a mixture of triangles, hexagons and squares. Different patterns may be made with shapes through reflection, rotation, or translation.
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