Spiraling pentagons

 

With your help, these pentagons can spiral around and around, covering a surface with no gaps. There is a pattern to the spiraling, but it never quite repeats itself.

Spiraling isn't all these pentagons can do, they can form decagons, candy canes and butterflies. They inspire patterns and counting.

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Subject(s)Mathematics
Age5-7, 7-11, 11-14, 14-16, 16-19
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