Tessellations: HexaPlex

by Tessellations

Product Features

• Ages 8+
• Over 270 foam puzzle pieces, with magnetic backing, of the same shape in 5 different sizes.
• Instructions how to build fractals, 9 challenges how to build more and more complex fractals.
• 12 pages of instructions and worksheets, and a listing of additional website resources for fractals.

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 5 x 5.5 x 10 inches ; 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001U8UFZ6
• Item model number: 951
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,133 in Industrial & Scientific (See Top 100 in Industrial & Scientific)

Product Description

Tessellations: HexaPlex - Construct an acutal fractal in the classroom. This HexaPlex set combines fractals and tessellations in physical puzzle materials for students to build their own visual key to symmetry, iteration, angles, area and scaling, polyhexes, and number series. The puzzle contains just one shape made in five different sizes or generations. Using the 270 piece and simple rules, students use iterative placement of the different generations of pieces to build up approximate fractal structures. The pieces are made of magnet-backed foam that stays put on magnet-receptive surfaces, but is easily picked up and manipulated. Includes a twelve-page instruction pamphlet featuring three reproducible worksheets. Grades 3-12. -- WARNING: Choking Hazard - Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.