Bibliography
Armstrong, M. A.. Groups and Symmetry. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1988. This book can be read without the support of a course of lectures but on a higher level. Not suited for eighth graders.
Barker, William; Howe, Roger. Continuous Symmetry. From Euclid to Klein. Providence: American Mathematical Society, 2007. This is a geometry text book designed with it's primary focus on transformations of the plane. The approach is concrete with complete explanations.
Farmer, David W.. Groups and Symmetry A Guide to Discovering Mathematics. Mathematical World. 5, Providence: American Mathematical Society, 1998. A very easy book to read and use for transformations.
Lappan, Glenda; Fey, James T.; Fitzgerald, William M.; Friel, Susan N.; Phillips, Elizabeth Difanis. Connected Mathematics 2. Kaleidoscopes, Hubcaps, and Mirrors. Symmetry and Transformation. Boston: Pearson Hall and Person Prentice Hall, 2009. An excellent text for eighth grade students on Symmetry and Transformation.
Martin, George E.. Transformation Geometry. An introduction of Symmetry. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1982. This book is used for graduate mathematics courses designed for secondary teachers. This is a good book for explaining different forms of transformations and giving definitions.
Ranucci, E. R.; Teeters, J. L.. Creating Escher-Type-Drawings. Palo Alto: Creative Publications, Inc., 1977. This book gives a step-by-step explanation of the basic geometric ideas and drawing techniques in the creation of Escher tessellaltions. It is a good book if you want to go further into creating tessellations.
Seymour, Dale; Britton, Jill. Introduction to Tessellations. Palo Alto: Dale Seymour Publications, 1989. A great book for teaching tessellations to children.
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