When you cut a shape out of paper, then flip it over, the flipped shape looks like a mirror image of the original shape. So a tessellation made with this technique is called a tessellation. reflection Your hands can help you understand the concept of mirror reflection. Your two hands are the same shape-but your right hand is a mirror reflection of your left hand (and vice versa.) Part Three: Making o Rotation Tessellation [30 minutes] Materials: Index card • Ruler • Scissors • Blank paper • Pencil • Transparent tape • Colored markers or pens • 2.5 Square Grid paper (included) • 11 Try This: Step 1 Draw a 2.5 x 2.5 square on your index card. 11 11 Step 2 Cut out the square from the index card. Step 3 Draw a line between two adjacent corners on one side of the square. Your line can be squiggly or made up of straight segments. Whatever its shape, your line must .... connect two corners that share one side of the square. ../ ........ ..... ,........ Step 4 Cut along the line you drew. Take the piece you cut off (without flipping) and slide it to an adjacent side of the square. Line up the straight edges and tape them together.
When you cut a shape out of paper, then flip it over, the flipped shape looks like a mirror image of the original shape. So a tessellation made with this technique is called a reflection tessellation. Your hands can help you understand the concept of mirror reflection. Your two hands are the same shape-but your right hand is a mirror reflection of your left hand (and vice versa.) Part Three: Making o Rotation Tessellation [30 minutes] Materials: • Index card • Ruler • Scissors • Blank paper • Pencil • Transparent tape • Colored markers or pens • 2.5 11 Square Grid paper (included) Try This: Step 1 Draw a 2.5 11 x 2.5 11 square on your index card. Step 2 Cut out the square from the index card. Step 3 Draw a line between two adjacent corners on one side of the square. Your line can be squiggly or made up of straight segments. Whatever its shape, your line must connect two corners that share one side of the square. .... ../ ..... ........ ,........ Step 4 Cut along the line you drew. Take the piece you cut off (without flipping) and slide it to an adjacent side of the square. Line up the straight edges and tape them together.