Tessellation Escher Project
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This education project involves students creating tessellation patterns and printing those out as puzzle pieces.…
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Model information
- Source
- Printables
- Category
- Math
- License
- Creative Commons — Attribution — Noncommercial
This education project involves students creating tessellation patterns and printing those out as puzzle pieces. Developing math thinking involves looking for patterns. This activity is designed to encourage students to see patterns in the world around them. 3D printing is useful here because students understand concepts by manipulating physical objects through kinesthetic learning.
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The sample files provided here are examples of the kind of puzzles students could create. These puzzles could be shared with other students to further reinforce the concepts of tessellating patterns.
Here are other examples I created: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1470332
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2952793
It also creates a nice piece of math art.
kendel3d created an awesome puzzle frame for this: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2125154
Print Settings
Printer Brand:
MakerBot
Printer:
MakerBot Replicator 2
Rafts:
No
Supports:
No
Resolution:
Medium
Infill:
14
Notes:
Note: there is a set of multiple pieces designed for a rectangular build platform and one for a square arrangement. Select the file that best suits your printer.
Post-Printing
If you want a better fit on this print, sand or file the edges of the fist layer after the print is done (that first layer tends to squish out a bit).
How I Designed This
Design Process
I started out by creating a cool design in a program called Tesselmaniac. The tessellating shape was exported as SVG file from Tesselmaniac and brought into a 3D modelling application and extruded. This same process could be used by students to engage in a compelling activity of exploring and recognizing patterns in the world around them.rnrnNote: I have contacted the author of Tesselmaniac and the program now has a features to export the outline of the tessellation shape in SVG format which is a 3D Model friendly format.
Category: Math