Designing a Pattern with a Formula

Students explore tiles, fabric, and buildings in their community and photograph or sketch the repeating shapes they find. They share these with the partner class to start comparing local patterns.

Teams invent a simple rule for a repeating pattern, then build the tessellation on paper or in a basic digital tool. They test whether the formula produces a clean, repeating design.

Teams send their tessellations and formulas to the partner class and give feedback on each other's designs. They compare how different rules change the final look and note what works best.

Teams study the feedback they received, decide which formula changes will improve accuracy and visual impact, and rebuild their tessellation. They create a new, improved version of their original pattern.

Teams present their final tessellation, explain their formula, and share how partner feedback shaped their changes. The partner class joins a short video call to see the results and respond.