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Tessellation Sensations Assessment - Exit Card Samples
  
     
  Student Samples of Exit Card Responses for Tessellation Sensations

Questions

1. What transformation did you use to make your pattern tessellate? Was it easy or difficult for you?

2. I have been given a special privilege. Tomorrow I am in charge of the world for one day. I have decided that for tomorrow everything on the planet will tessellate perfectly together. Every cloud in the sky, every blade of grass, every bird will be tessellated so it fits together perfectly. Nothing will stand out with gaps or overlaps. Tell me your opinion. Do you think everything should be tessellated or not? Please back up your opinion with a reason.

 

Student Responses
1. Reflection. I marked my pattern so I'd know if I was flipping it or just sliding it.
2. I do not think that the world should be tessellated because it would get rid of a lot of shapes because they can’t tessellate.
 
1. Rotation - I found it kinda easy to do. I sure had to be careful how far I made the rotation at first.
2. It would look good and a little bit goofy, but it would be distracting to look at.
 
1. Mid Point Rotation. It was kinda hard. I had to really think about how I was rotating it.
2. Bad Plan - The world would be stuck together with no spaces to move in between.
 
1. I used reflection for my tessellation and it was quite easy to flip it over to make things fit right.
2. It would be a bad plan because then there would be no more sunlight so no more flowers or suntans.
 
1. The transformation I used was reflection. I must have done something wrong because it just wouldn't work. Ahhh!
2. I would like to see that but I don’t think that the world should be tessellated because everyone would have to stay in the same form
    or it wouldn't be tessellated.
 
1. Translation. Hard at first and then easy.
2. I think that it is a bad plan because everything would be the same. You wouldn't be able to wiggle or budge for a whole day.
 
1. I used a translation to create the tessellation. It was the easy way.
2. No because all the houses would be tessellated and scrunched up and we see many tessellations everyday anyway.
 
1. I used rotation. As soon as I got the hang of it it was very easy.
2. No, the world should not tessellate because I think it would be boring seeing everything stuck together the same.