Cool Tessellations: Creative Activities that Make Math & Science Fun for Kids!

by Anders Hanson, Elissa Mann

Overview

Discover secret math and science tricks to creating art! This title introduces young readers to the sciences, with a creative twist. Math and science educational pages are interspersed with cool tessellation activities that offer practical applications of

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781624012204
Publisher:	ABDO Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Series:	Cool Art with Math & Science Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Lexile:	630L (what's this?)
File size:	11 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

Table of Contents

Cool Tessellations: The Tiling of Space 4

Shape Up!: Get to Know Your Polygons! 6

Project1: Making a Tessellation 8

Three of a Kind: Regular Tessellations 11

The Great Eight: Semi-Regular Tessellations 12

Anything Goes!: Non-Regular Tessellations 13

Project 2: Tessellating with Scissors 14

M.C. Escher: The Master of Tessellations 18

Mirror Image: The Beauty of Symmetry 19

Project 3: Tessellating with Tracing Paper 20

Archimedean Solids: Tessellations on a Sphere 24

Project 4: Tessellating in 3-D 26

Math Terms 30

Glossary 31

Web Sites 31

Index 32

Editorial Reviews

11/01/2013
Gr 4–8—These books are not for inexperienced crafters. Flexagon requires several pages of explanatory material before the first project, "Make a Hexa-Tetra Flexagon," is even introduced. In Paper Folding, children are asked to fold an icosahedron made from 20 triangles by following a pattern without the benefit of written instructions. And in Tesselations, readers may find the sentence "You will need a truncated tetrahedron for every cuboctahedron and truncated octahedron you make" more than a little intimidating. The complexity of the crafts make it difficult to know who the appropriate audience would be. Color choices include a great deal of black and gray, making the books look somber and less than child friendly. These sophisticated choices would require adult guidance and encouragement for children to avoid frustration. Diagrams and color photos illustrate the projects.

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