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Floor Tiles - Shodor
Grades
3 to 12
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This activity provides exploration of tesselations through placement of quadrilaterals and dragging the corners. Colors of shapes can be changed to help the learner visualize changes...more
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This activity provides exploration of tesselations through placement of quadrilaterals and dragging the corners. Colors of shapes can be changed to help the learner visualize changes made. The learner portion of the site provides a short explanation of tesselations and how they are used in the real world. The instructor portion provides a printable with exploration questions, links to standards, classroom discussion information, and links to similar resources.
tag(s): geometric shapes (153), tessellations (6)
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