What is a polygon?

What shape can be made using 6 triangles?

Rotate (turn) the happy face 90 degrees counterclockwise.

Square

Name one 2D shape that tessellates? Name one 2D shape that does not tessellate?

What is a quadrilateral?

When you join two hexagons together, what 2D shape does it make?

In red, translate (slide) the happy face 4 square to the right.

Rectangle

Draw a tessellating pattern with a square.

What is a triangle?

What shapes are inside a 5 pointed star?

In blue, reflect (flip) the happy face to the left square.

Trapezium

Draw a tessellating pattern with a rectangle.

What is a tessellating pattern?

What 2 shapes are made when you half a hexagon?

In green, translate the happy face 2 square down.

Octagon

What shape tessellates in a bee hive?

What does it mean to rotate a 2D shape?

What 2 shape can be made when you combine a triangle and trapezium?

In a different colour, rotate the happy face 45 degrees clockwise.

Parallelogram

Name one area where you see tessellating patterns in real life.