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Common Core State Standards
Geometry
Congruence
Make geometric constructions

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Lessons (2)

Introduces students to the ideas involved in understanding fractals.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, distance, fractals, fractions, generator, geometric sequences, geometry, infinity, initiator, iteration, length, limit, lines, multiplication, pattern, percents, perimeter, recursion, scale, segment, self-similarity, sequences, sets

Introduces students to the idea of finding number patterns in the generation of several different types of fractals.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: area, arithmetic, chaos, decimals, dimension, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, geometry, graph, iteration, length, lines, pattern, pythagorean theorem, rectangles, recursion, segment, self-similarity, sequences, surface area, symmetry, triangle

Activities (2)

Students work step-by-step through the generation of a different Hilbert-like Curve (a fractal made from deforming a line by bending it), allowing them to explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: decimals, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, length, pattern, self-similarity, sequences, surface area, symmetry

Step through the generation of a Hilbert Curve -- a fractal made from deforming a line by bending it, and explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.

Audiences: Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Fractions, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: chaos, fractals, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, length, lines, pattern, recursion, self-similarity, sequences