Tangrams
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Tangrams
Many pattern blocks use the same shapes as the pieces in tangrams -
One can buy sets of them from educational places that sell 'math manipulatives'
One place one can get them:
http://www.enasco.com/c/math/Math+Ma...ives/Tangrams/
I think it's fun to play around with the pieces.
It's even more fun to let the grand kids play with them - because they have so much more imagination than I have!
Just had another thought - these pieces are plastic about 1/8 inch thick - wonder how they would work as templates if I ever got a hankering to do things the very old fashioned way - trace around a pattern, etc.
One can buy sets of them from educational places that sell 'math manipulatives'
One place one can get them:
http://www.enasco.com/c/math/Math+Ma...ives/Tangrams/
I think it's fun to play around with the pieces.
It's even more fun to let the grand kids play with them - because they have so much more imagination than I have!
Just had another thought - these pieces are plastic about 1/8 inch thick - wonder how they would work as templates if I ever got a hankering to do things the very old fashioned way - trace around a pattern, etc.
Last edited by bearisgray; 08-01-2012 at 09:32 AM.
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And if you want to play more games with those shapes, you can make tessellations on this interactive website. There are three types of interactive grids, along with numerous types of grids that you can print out to work with (click 'grids' on the top menu to see them). They include the usual square, triangle and hexagon sheets, plus combinations ranging from hexagons/triangles to dodecagons/hexagons/squares, pentagons, and waffles. It's all great fun!
This is the Escher-style interactive page.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/sqtile.htm
This is the Escher-style interactive page.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/sqtile.htm
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And if you want to play more games with those shapes, you can make tessellations on this interactive website. There are three types of interactive grids, along with numerous types of grids that you can print out to work with (click 'grids' on the top menu to see them). They include the usual square, triangle and hexagon sheets, plus combinations ranging from hexagons/triangles to dodecagons/hexagons/squares, pentagons, and waffles. It's all great fun!
This is the Escher-style interactive page.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/sqtile.htm
This is the Escher-style interactive page.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/sqtile.htm
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And if you want to play more games with those shapes, you can make tessellations on this interactive website. There are three types of interactive grids, along with numerous types of grids that you can print out to work with (click 'grids' on the top menu to see them). They include the usual square, triangle and hexagon sheets, plus combinations ranging from hexagons/triangles to dodecagons/hexagons/squares, pentagons, and waffles. It's all great fun!
This is the Escher-style interactive page.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/sqtile.htm
This is the Escher-style interactive page.
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/sqtile.htm