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Introduces all of the 2 variable function and prisoner/escapee notions necessary to understand the Mandelbrot set.

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

Primary Subjects: Discrete, Geometry, Number and Operations

Related Topics: chaos, complex number, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, division, escape, exponents, fractals, functions, geometric sequences, geometry, infinity, iteration, julia set, mandelbrot set, multiplication, pattern, planes, prisoner, radius, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sets, symmetry

Plot ordered pairs on the graph, and they will be connected in the order that they are input. This enables you to decide how the pairs should be connected, rather than having the computer connect them from left to right.

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

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Geometry, Graphs, Statistics

Related Topics: cartesian coordinate, coordinate, coordinate plane, coordinate system, data plot, graph, lines, vertical line test

Explore fractals by investigating the relationships between the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets.

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

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

Related Topics: chaos, complex number, coordinate, coordinate plane, exponents, fractals, functions, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, julia set, mandelbrot set, pattern, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sets

Calculate the area of a triangle drawn on a grid. Learn about areas of triangles and about the Cartesian coordinate system. Triangle Explorer is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.

Audiences: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12

Primary Subjects: Geometry

Related Topics: acute, area, assessment, cartesian coordinate, coordinate plane, distance, geometry, length, pythagorean theorem, triangle, triangles