These are tessellations. These tessellations are patterns built of regular polygons that fit in a repeated pattern with no gaps and no overlaps. Today we made our own paper patterns for tessellations. Pictures of them to follow!

Can this be math?

This is the scene: fifth grade students are playning a math game called Polygon Capture. They pull two cards which tell them attributes they are looking for and they claim those polygons which fit. The goal is to capture the most polygons! It looks like fun and it sounds like math.