Decorated Polygons

This sketch makes a tessellation by doing transformations on a triangle, into a regular 2n-gon, and then transforming those by alternating flips and turns. You can decorate the tiles by changing the blue and red triangles. Inspired by the always amazing Daniel Mentrard.

 

John Golden —

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
decorated  exploration  polygons  regular  tessellation 
Target Group (Age)
8 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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