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Fundación Cientec

Fractales en Su Aula

For Students 9th - 10th
Lesson plans and activities available in Spanish dealing with fractals. Some are also available in English. Activities are step by step and easy to understand. Included topics are the Koch Snowflake, Sierpinski's triangle, and Pascal's...
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University of Waterloo (Canada)

University of Waterloo: Cemc: Math Circles: Patterns [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This worksheet provides exercises in working with number patterns. Included are questions related to fractals, patterns in exponents, and perimeter and area.
Unit Plan
Boston University

Boston University: Chaos, Fractals and Arcadia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting site for information on chaos and fractals. Includes links to interactive activities to learn more.
Interactive
Other

Fractal Explorer

For Students 7th - 8th
The fractal explorer shows how a very simple pattern, when repeated can produce an incredible range of images. From organic tree like structures to rigid geometric forms. Fun to use and lots of mathematical concepts involved.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains many links to Fractal information where students go to the given links to discover interesting facts about fractals and many mathematical equations that represent a fractal.
Unit Plan
Boston University

Bu: Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site progresses in iterations through Mandelbrot and Julia sets to explain fractals and the mathematics behind them.
Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides some links to activities and lesson plans dealing with fractals and chaos.
Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This page briefly illustrates and discusses fractals, which are closely linked to the concept of iteration (repitition.) Site links to well known pictured fractals.
Activity
Other

Research Pages: Circle Inversion Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces the iteration of circle inversions and describes the associated properties.
Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Fractals

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you figure out what pattern comes next? Explore patterns and perimeter in this math challenge on fractals. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.
Graphic
Curated OER

Research Pages: Circle Inversion Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces the iteration of circle inversions and describes the associated properties.
Graphic
Curated OER

Research Pages: Circle Inversion Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site introduces the iteration of circle inversions and describes the associated properties.
Unit Plan
Other

Eal: Fract Ed

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for beginners. The site begins with a definition of iteration of functions, and proceeds from there to discuss fractal dimension.
Website
Other

Academic Info: Mathematics Gateway

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a comprehensive index and general directory to math sites that will help students in the study of circles.
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Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Complex Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The world of complex numbers is explored through mini lessons, interactive examples, applications and demonstrations. Topics covered include definitions, basic operations, graphing, different forms of complex numbers, products,...