Students run a simulation of how a fire will spread through a stand of trees, learning about probability and chaos. Parameters: Forest density, wind direction, size of forest.
Audiences:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Discrete, Fractions, Modeling, Probability
Related Topics:
agent modeling, chaos, conditional probability, experimental probability, iteration, percentages, percents, probability simulation, proportion, simulation, skewed distribution, variance
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
Mixtures allows exploration of percents through two piles of colored and uncolored chips. The user must decide how many chips to color to create the desired percentage of colored chips compared to the total pile. Mixtures is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Primary Subjects:
Number and Operations
Related Topics:
assessment, counting, percentages, percents, proportion, sets
Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Triangle -- a fractal made from subdividing a triangle into four smaller triangles and cutting the middle one out. 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:
dimension, fractals, fractions, geometric sequences, geometry, iteration, length, pattern, pre-calculus, recursion, recursive functions, self-similarity, sequences, symmetry, triangle
