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Introduction
The Pattern Constructor project is designed to suit children's skills.
It increases both artistic spirit and knowledge by making it easy to build
beautiful patterns. At the same time a child learns the basic concepts of
symmetry, rotation and sequences of transformations. The program starts from a
random set of simple polygons. By pressing the buttons on the left a different
transformation is applied.
Investigate
The Patterns Constructor is controlled by the buttons on the left.
However, there is no description (on purpose!), so children need to do some
research and learn what transformaton is activated by each button. Note
that the image hints about the transformation.
Art
Knowing the function of each button it is interesting to define a predetermined
pattern - circular, hexagonal, cystal gid, etc. Patterns created with this
application are free for any type of usage - as backgrounds of web pages, as
images in a presentation or in a personal gallery.
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Play with the buttons and create
interesting patterns.
Be detective and find out what each
of the buttons does.
Learn the mathematical
background of the transfotmations - symmetry and rotation.
Build a gallery of your own
patterns. Share it with classmates, show it to your parents.
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