Geometry: Tessellations with Regular Polygons

Objectives

• Explore some regular polygons to see which of these will tessellate in the plane.
• Use observations to answer the question, “Which regular polygons will tessellate in the plane and why?”

Vocabulary

• regular polygon
• pentagon, hexagon, heptagon, octagon

About the Lesson

This activity is designed to be student-centered, with the teacher acting as a facilitator while students work cooperatively. The time varies for the activity depending on whether the TI-Nspire document (.tns file) is provided for or created by the students.