Education Technology

Tessellations with Regular Polygons

Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Transformational Geometry
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.9
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS

Tessellations with Regular Polygons

Activity Overview

Explore regular polygons to find out which regular polygons will tessellate the plane.

Objectives

  • Explore some regular polygons to see which of these will tessellate in the plane.
  • Use observations to answer the question, “Which regular polygons will tessellate in the plane and why?”

Vocabulary

  • regular polygon
  • pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon

About the Lesson

This activity is designed to be student-centered, with the teacher acting as a facilitator while students work cooperatively. The time varies for the activity depending on whether the TI-Nspire document (.tns file) is provided for or created by the students.

Subject Area
Math: Geometry: Transformational Geometry
Level
9-12
Activity Time
45 Minutes
TI Calculator
TI-Nspire™ CX series
TI-Nspire™ CX CAS/CX II CAS
TI-Nspire Version
3.9
Resource Types
Lessons
Format
TNS
iPad is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.
Vernier EasyData,Vernier EasyLink and Vernier EasyTemp are registered trademarks of Vernier Science Education.