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 Activity 2

“Patterns in Nature”

Directions: Take a picture of Symmetry, Crack, Tessellation or Tiling, and Fractal Pattern that you may find around you. You
may also draw them if needed. Study Safely.

SYMMETRY refers to a correspondence of body parts, in size, shape, and relative position, on opposite sides of a dividing line or
distributed around a central point or axis.

GUMAMELA FLOWER SAMPAGUITA LEAVES

 CRACKS are linear openings that form in materials to relieve stress. When a material fails in all directions it results in
cracks. The patterns created reveal if the material is elastic or not.

“ROCK CRACKS”

TESSELLATIONS are repeating tiles over a surface.

DESIGN OF CHAIR TILES

 FRACTAL are patterns formed from chaotic equations and form self-similar patterns of complexity increasing with magnification. If
you divide it into parts, you will get a nearly identical copy of the whole. Infinite iteration is not possible in nature.

“PLANTS LEAVES”

GARAY, JOHSUA H.
BSED SCIENCE 1