TY - BOOK AU - Hanson,Anders AU - Mann,Elissa TI - Cool tessellations: creative activities that make math & science fun for kids! T2 - Cool art with math & science SN - 9781617838262 (lib. bdg.) : AV - QA166.8 .H36 2014 U1 - 516/.132 23 PY - 2014///, c2014 CY - Minneapolis, MN PB - ABDO Publishing Company KW - Tessellations (Mathematics) KW - Mathematical recreations KW - Creative activities and seat work N1 - 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; 4.0; 8-12; 3.0-6.0; 550; Lexile; N; Fountas and Pinnell Leveled Books; Accelerated Reader; MG; 3.7; 0.5; 162084 N2 - Introduces readers to the sciences with a twist, cool tessellation activities that offer practical applications ER -