Cool tessellations : creative activities that make math & science fun for kids! /
Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids!
Anders Hanson and Elissa Mann.
- Minneapolis, MN : ABDO Publishing Company, 2014, c2014.
- 32 p. : col. ill. ; 21 cm.
- Cool art with math & science .
- Cool art with math & science. .
Includes glossary. Checkerboard Library.
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.
Cool tessellations: the tiling of space -- Shape up! get to know your polygons! -- Project 1: making a tessellation -- Three of a kind: regular tessellations -- The great eight: semi-regular tessellations -- Anything goes! non-regular tessellations -- Project 2: tessellating with scissors -- M.C. Escher: the master of tessellations -- Mirror image: the beauty of symmetry -- Project 3: tessellating with tracing paper -- Archimedean solids: another dimension -- Project 4: tessellating in 3-D -- Math terms -- Glossary -- Web sites -- Index.
Introduces readers to the sciences with a twist, cool tessellation activities that offer practical applications.
4.0. 8-12. 3.0-6.0. 550 Lexile. N Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Books.
9781617838262 (lib. bdg.) : 19.95
2013001903
Tessellations (Mathematics) Mathematical recreations. Creative activities and seat work.