Tessellations MATHEMATICS MANIPULATIVES RESOURCE GUIDE

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1 Tessellations MANIPULATIVES MATHEMATICS RESOURCE GUIDE

2 Tessellating shapes ARE THE PERFECT INTEGRATION OF MATHS, LANGUAGES AND THE ARTS. TESSELLATION SHAPES - CLASS PACK piece $70.00 A combination of the Abstract, Geometric and Rounded Tessellation Shapes in a container complete this set for the class. Contents include: 1 x Tessellation Shapes - Abstract (17090) 1 x Tessellation Shapes - Geometric (17089) 1 x Tessellation Shapes - Rounded (17087) 1 x Storage Container M.C Escher's famous tessellations are created when a shape's form is repeated over again, covering an area without any gaps or overlaps. Students can explore geometric transformations (translation, rotation and reflection). Assorted designs, choice of rounded, straight-edged and abstract shapes. Made of sturdy plastic. 10cm or less in length. TESSELLATION SHAPES - ABSTRACT piece $22.50 TESSELLATION SHAPES - GEOMETRIC piece $24.50 TESSELLATION SHAPES - ROUNDED piece $ enquiries freecall (outside Melbourne metro) fax admin@genie-ed.com.au web genie-ed.com.au

3 FRACTALLATIONS HEXAPLEX piece $60.00 HexaPlex consists of five different sizes of the same shape that can be assembled in dozens of different ways. HexaPlex contains 12 pages of instructions with brain teasers and worksheets. Ages 8 to adult. KITES AND DARTS. These shapes, also known as Penrose tiles after their inventor, are famous among math heads everywhere! The pieces have small holes which indicate matching rules that force the patterns to be non-repeating. Among the many intriguing properties of these tiles is the way in which the Golden Ratio crops up over and over again. PUZZELLATIONS TESSEL-GONS piece $60.00 A geometric puzzle containing equilateral triangles, squares, hexagons, octagons, and dodecagons. These regular polygons are excellent for teaching tessellations and geometry concepts. PUZZELLATIONS TESSEL-GONS STARS piece $60.00 Contains star polygons with three, four, six, eight, and twelve points, plus equilateral triangles and squares. This set forms a variety of beautiful and fascinating tessellations, and when used in conjunction with Tessel-Gons, leads to even more possibilities. PUZZELLATIONS KITES AND DARTS MAGNETIC piece $43.00 PUZZELLATIONS KITES AND DARTS piece $60.00 ALL PRICES EXCLUDE GST 459

4 Tessel-Gons and Stars. Contains a Classroom Pack of each set of 10831, and more, including worksheets using the combined sets. In the garden tessellations PUZZELLATIONS IN THE GARDEN piece $ piece $ Six different things you might find in a garden. Form dozens of colourful patterns with our most popular puzzle! PUZZELLATIONS IN THE GARDEN TOO piece $77.00 This companion set to In the Garden includes six additional things you might find in a garden. In the Garden Too may be used by itself or together with In the Garden to form even wider variety of beautiful patterns! PUZZELLATIONS TESSEL-GONS AND STARS MEGA PACK piece $95.00 In the Ocean. Three things found in the ocean - squids, sea turtles, and rays - in blue, sea green, and purple. Every piece fits every other piece for an ocean of possibilities! Colour instructions show over a dozen different tessellations that can be formed with the set. Activity sheets and worksheets that accompany the Classroom Pack cover different types of symmetry found in tessellations, and also characterising and classifying tessellations using their vertices. PUZZELLATIONS IN THE OCEAN piece $ Classroom Pack 225 piece $ enquiries freecall (outside Melbourne metro) fax admin@genie-ed.com.au web genie-ed.com.au

5 MAGNETIC TESSELLATIONS TETRA MANIA MAGNETIC PUZZLE piece $17.00 Be warned: TetraMania can strike at any time! They look simple enough. Five shapes made up of four squares that can be arranged and rearranged to form hundreds of tempting patterns. PUZZELLATIONS WINTERTIME MAGNETIC piece $8.50 This puzzle consists of 10 pieces, each of which is a shape known as a "polyhexe". Polyhexes are created by connecting regular hexagons. Rearrange these 10 pieces to form a variety of wintertime shapes, including a snowflake, a group of three Christmas ornaments, and a pair of spruce trees. TRIANGLE MANIA MAGNETIC PUZZLE piece $17.00 Guaranteed to unleash the triangle maniac in you! Three sizes of colourful equilateral triangles, 72 in all, form hundreds of tantalizing patterns. PENTA MANIA MAGNETIC PUZZLE piece $17.00 Is there a pent-up PentaManiac in you? Find out as you arrange and rearrange 56 colourful "folded pentagons" into literally hundreds of provocative patterns. ALL PRICES EXCLUDE GST 461

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