Tessellations

After watching the bee video, the hexagons in the honeycomb tessellate. What does that mean?

Which shapes tessellate?

What do we notice about the shapes that tessellate?

Observations:

*All the angles are the same

*Single angle measures are factors of 360

(90 degrees goes into 360 4x)

(60 degrees goes into 360 6x)

(120 degrees goes into 360 3x)

Class rule: I will know a shape tessellates if...

I know a shape tessellates if it's angles are factors of 360.