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Learning Target: create  tessellations.

Example: This is a regular tessellation using squares. This is regular

because it only uses one type of polygon, a square.

A vertex is a point in a tessellation that the shapes fit nicely arround.

To tessellate the sum of the interior angles surrounding a vertex must be 360°.

Equalateral triangles, squares, and hexagons are the only

regular shapes that make regular tessellations.

In many tessellations shapes are rotated, translated, or reflected.

For more great information about tessellations see bergerl's blog.