Covering the Plane with Rep-Tiles
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- Aug 7 2010 11:21 PM
Rita Nutsch
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise Standards Matching Team.
- Aug 14 2010 12:38 AM
Elisa Ramirez // Elisa Ramirez
This resource was matched by a member of the Brokers of Expertise standards matching team.
Matched the Geo 8-12 standard.
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Description
In this lesson, from Illuminations, students discover and explore a special kind of tiling of the plane. Rep-tiles are geometric figures such that n copies can fit together to form a larger, similar figure. Students experiment with various shapes and values of n. Spatial sense is encouraged by the need to visualize and perform transformations with the shapes involved.
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 3 to 8
Topics: Mathematics
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Matched Standards
M.4.MG.3.3 Identify congruent figures.