Shape sense and spatial understanding
- Expanding our imagination making beautiful designs
- Exploring different patterns
- Tiling a given region using a tile of a given shape
- Distinguishing between shapes that tessellate and that do not tessellate such as pentagons
- Discovering all the combinations in which regular polygons tessellate
- Discovering properties of polygons especially in terms of angles through this process
Details
Different types of polygons including triangles, squares, small rhombi, pentagons, hexagons, heptagons, octagons and dodecagons in different colours of same sizes and made of rubber. Includes write-up with details of activities.
The pieces can be pasted on any smooth surface after making them wet. Also for Mathlabs.
Up to 4 children/ 8-16 age years.
This product can be used in both Primary and Middle classes.