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In the study of rotations, reflections, and translations in Geometry for ninth and tenth graders, tessellations are just briefly mentioned, but our text does not explore them further.   The purpose for this WebQuest was to give students the opportunity to learn more about tessellations for the quarterly project.   This project idea is one of many options that are offered and would be an alternative for those who are comfortable with computers and the Web.   The projects are due the seventh week of the quarter and only cover material discussed in that quarter, so this would fit in my first quarter's work.  

A worksheet will be given to those who choose to do this WebQuest as their project.   They will fill in the answers to the questions from Sections A and B, and would have space for the hand drawings from Sec. C .   The two original drawings from Section D would be on a separate 8 1/2 x 11 inch unlined paper which they will provide.

The length of time this would take a student might vary according to their understanding of the material, facility with computers, and their artistic abilities.  I would approximate that two hours should be sufficient for a student to complete this as their project.  This could probably be used as an all-class activity in the computer lab and would require two class periods (43 minutes).  With my curriculum requirements it would be difficult to devote that much time to this topic.

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