5th Grade -- #Tessellations

5th grade students learned about M.C. Escher and his tessellation work. We started our project by creating an equilateral triangle. Side one and side two of the triangle used the same design, so that both sides could fit into each other. Side three was divided into halves, so that it could fit into itself. Once the students had a final shape that could tessellate, they imagined what it looked like. Their design was incorporated into every shape that was traced out. The students finished the artwork by coloring in their shapes with markers.  Here are some examples from Ms. Germanier's class: