Summer Vacation Homework

The process of tiling (without leaving gaps) in mathematics is called tessellation. The process is explained in the video.

Tessellations occur throughout art and architecture. They are particularly prominent amongst Moorish or Muslim decoration where images of living beings can be seen as blasphemous.

The following link is to a pdf file stored on the DLG that shows many more Tessellation Patterns like that in the image above.

There is also a related homework on the DLG for completion over the Summer Holiday. Click here to find it Summer Homework