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Create your own fractals by drawing a "line deformation rule" and stepping through the generation of a geometric fractal. Parameters: Grid type, number of bending points on the line.

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

Primary Subjects: Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: chaos, fractals, geometric sequences, iteration, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, scale, self-similarity, sequences, symmetry, transformation

Build a "floor tile" by dragging the corners of a quadrilateral. Learn about tessellation of quadrilateral figures when the shape you built is tiled over an area.

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

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: angles, area, coordinate plane, coordinate system, length, pattern, planes, quadrilaterals, rectangles, reflections, rhombus, rotation, slides, symmetry, tessellations, transformation, translation

Create a tessellation by deforming a triangle, rectangle or hexagon to form a polygon that tiles the plane. Corners of the polygons may be dragged, and corresponding edges of the polygons may be dragged. Parameters: Colors, starting polygon.

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

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: angles, area, flips, geometry, glides, hexagon, length, pattern, planes, polygon, reflections, rotation, slides, squares, symmetry, tessellations