Classification of Patterns -
Teacher's Resource List
Below are some resources, both print and electronic, which we found helpful in writing this document.
Print:
- Geddes, Dorothy et al. Geometry in the Middle Grades. NCTM Standards: Addenda Series Grades 5-8, Geometry in the Middle Grades. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA. 1992.
- Grunbaum, Branko and G.C. Shephard. Tilings and Patterns. W.H. Freeman and Company. New York. 1987.
- Schattschneider, Doris. Visions of Symmetry. W. H. Freeman and Company. New York. 1995.
- Seymour, Dale and Jill Britton. An Introduction to Tessellations. Dale Seymour Publications. Palo Alto, CA. 1989
- Seymour, Dale. Tessellation Teaching Masters. Dale Seymour Publications. Palo Alto, CA. 1989
- Washburn, Dorothy K. and Donald W. Crowe. Symmetries of Culture. University of Washington Press. Seattle. 1988.
- Most textbooks used for plane geometry have a section on transformations and/or tessellations which might be useful.
Electronic: We have provided links which you and/or your students may want to explore. Use caution! These links are out on the Web, and it is easy to wander astray.
- The Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota. http://www.geom.umn.edu/
- The Math Forum at Swarthmore University. http://forum.swarthmore.edu/
- "Tessellation Tutorials" by Suzanne Alejandre. This includes Historical and Geographical Connections. http://forum.swarthmore.edu/sum95/suzanne/tess.intro.html/
- A description from Memorial University of Newfoundland of the 17 wallpaper patterns illustrated by Escher sketches. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~mathed/Geometry/Transformations/symmetry.html/
- A description of the math ed page itself at Memorial University of New Foundland. We link to some of these sketches in the lesson. http://www.ucs.mun.ca/~mathed/Geometry/Transformations/aboutbackground.html
- Beautiful illustrations of Wallpaper Groups (Plane Symmetry Groups) by David E. Joyce of Clark University. We link to some of these sketches in the lesson. http://aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/wallpaper/
- Highland Tessellations. Tessellations designed by students using Tesselmania. http://www.elk-grove.k12.il.us/schoolweb/highland/highland.tess.html#top
- Kali, a program created by The Geometry Center.
- Kaleidotile, a program created by The Geometry Center.
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