Tessellation Portraits

Bucktown's 5th/6th grade class embarked on a complicated 2 part project. The first part of their project they created a unique tessellation. A tessellation is a shape that fits perfectly together with itself with no gaps or overlap and can repeat forever. We looked at the artwork of M.C. Escher as an example:
After completing the tessellation students created their self portraits. They were created by tracing an image of them that was projected on the white board. As a class we talked about color schemes and students choose a warm color scheme (reds, oranges and yellows) or a cool color scheme ( greens, blues and purples) for their portraits and tessellations.

They did an amazing job, enjoy!

4th Grade Tessellations

This quarter 4th graders learned about tessellations, a shape that fits together perfectly, has no gaps or overlaps, and if given the chance can repeat forever. Students created their own unique tessellations using an index card. They then gave their tessellation a character and colored them in an ABA or ABC pattern. I am super impressed with their results!



This student created two characters, a blonde man and a blue jay

Here's a cool dude with sun glasses
This tessellation is a foot with some sweet shoes, and then the foot of a beast!