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**Tessellations **

A tessellation is created when a shape is repeated over and over again covering a plane without any gaps or overlaps.

Examples of tessellations : What software could you create a tessellation in? There are some in Kid Pix - Idea Machine (under File) - if you require one for your children to use.
 * [[image:triangle.gif width="270" height="267" align="left"]] || [[image:tessellation_6874_lg.gif width="276" height="280" align="left"]] || [[image:tess.png width="268" height="271" align="left"]] ||
 * [[image:tess2.png align="left"]] || [[image:tess3.png align="left"]] || [[image:tessellation.JPG width="264" height="250" align="left"]] ||

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 * You Tube tutorial on using 'Paint' to make tessellations**