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MathXplosion, Ep 4: Tessellation tricks

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MathXplosion, Ep 4: Tessellation tricks

SUBJECTS:  Maths

YEARS:  3–4


Learn how two shapes from a repeating tile cause a pattern to undergo a metamorphosis.

Create the illusion of one animal slowly transforming into another, line by line. Is it a bird? Is it a fish?


Acknowledgements

Video © GAPC Entertainment.


Date of broadcast: 30 Jul 2018


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