goertzeni

Tesselations

A tesselation is a pattern of shapes that are put together and fit nicely around each other. Also there are no gaps between any of the shapes. There are a few types of tesselations. We will only be talking about two, which are the regular and the semi-regular tesselations.

Regular Tesselations

The Regular Tesselation is made up of only one congruent regular polygon at a time. Although only one shape at a time can be a tesselation there are still a few different types of shapes. Those are the square, the equlateral triangle, and a hexagon.

Example of a Regular Tesselation

That is a regular tesselation made out of hexagons.

Semi Regular Tesselations

A semi regular tesselation is a tesselation with more than one type of regular polygon and has the same arrangement at every vertex.

Example of a Semi Regular Tesselation

This is a semi regular tesselation made out of the hexagon and the equilateral triangle.

Vocab

Vertex-The point where shapes fit nicely around the one point.

Other Helpful Things

Master Of Tesselations

Here is a video about a Japanese Tesselation.