HexTiles — Connecting Concepts

HexTiles

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About HexTiles

Hexagonal thinking is a strategy where students sort and connect concepts to reveal relationships. Each tile has six sides — so every connection invites a different explanation. When two tiles touch, students explain why.

Tile Deck

Vocabulary / concepts (one per line)

Leave lines blank to create tiles students fill in themselves.

Tile Appearance

Base color

Student Options

Allow recoloring

Students can color-code tiles

Allow adding tiles

Students can create new tiles

Enable snap-to-grid

Tiles lock to hex positions

Allow annotating

Label connections between tiles

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Designed by Bradford Paik
Built with Claude · 2025

How to use

Drag tiles to build connections.
Tap a tile to select it — then recolor or rename it.
Click between tiles to label a connection.
When two tiles share an edge, be ready to explain why.

Selected Tile

Tap a tile to select it

Add a Tile

Connections

Select two tiles, then click Label Connection to explain how they relate.

HexTiles · Bradford Paik
Built with Claude · 2025