Create a tessellation pattern using Microsoft® Paint, GeoGebra, Microsoft® PowerPoint®, or other means available to you and approved by the instructor; or you may draw something by hand. Refer to the following resources for help with creating a tessellation:

• Tessellation Help 
• Drawing a Tessellation by Hand 
• Tessellation Example and Non-Example 
• Technology Resource Library

Use color and shading to make your tessellation visually pleasing.

Write a minimum 350-word paper that includes the following: 

• An explanation of why you chose the tessellated figure 
• The type of transformation used and why 
• The actual tessellation or a picture of the created tessellation 
• Some real-world examples of tessellations that you can find 
• How you might use real-world examples of tessellations to help elementary-level students understand tessellations 

Format your paper according to APA guidelines.