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- 6th
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Students are introduced to patterns in fractals. After a lecture/demo, students go to the computer lab, access a website imbedded in this plan and practice making patterns with fractals. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students explore fractal geometry. They do online explorations of fractals to discover applications of fractal geometry for a report. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students discuss logarithms and fractal geometry. They complete a worksheet and write a letter to someone explaining what a fractal is, how you get the dimension of the fractal and how a dimension can be a decimal. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students use beans and calculators to apply logarithms in determining the dimension of geometric and fractal figures. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students build a working definition of a regular fractal, they measure the concepts of dimensions and scale, they explore the concept of a logarithm and they attempt to solve simple exponential equations for the exponent both by trial and error using logs. Full Review »
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- 8th - 10th
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Students define fractals and patterns. They explore how a seemingly random process can result in a pattern. Students practice probability and fractions skills by playing the chaos game online. Full Review »
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- 11th - 12th
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Students explore the concept of fractals and basic calculus concepts and recognize and generate image transformations. They examine the idea that calculus is the branch of math that deals with limits. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss ways computers use properties of similar figures to generate scale models and create scenes. they describe patterns they have seen on a fern, pineapple, or pinecone. Students research Benoit mandebrot, H. von Koch and the Koch Snowflake, fractals in nature, the Cesaro Cruve, and the Peano Curve. Full Review »
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- 7th - 9th
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Students engage in a web research project that is intended to introduce them to the concept of fractals. The web search is open ended and the students should use of a variety of search engines to strengthen research skills. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students investigate the concept of fractals and practice using some of the applications in geometry. They view COMAP video #16 about the size and shape and practice using graphing calculators and discuss the features of some shapes in accordance with the size. Full Review »
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