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
Sort colored shapes into a bar graph. Practice sorting by shape or by color. Appropriate for elementary grades. Bar Graph Sorter is one of the Interactivate assessment explorers.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8
Primary Subjects:
Geometry, Graphs, Statistics
Related Topics:
bar graph, circles, counting, sorter, squares, statistics
View histograms for built-in or user-specified data. Experiment with how the size of the class intervals influences the appearance of the histogram. Parameters: Data sets, class sizes.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Graphs, Statistics
Related Topics:
counting, data plot, graph, histogram, intervals, mean, range, skewed distribution, slides, standard deviation
Experiment with a simple ecosystem consisting of grass, rabbits, and wolves, learning about probabilities, chaos, and simulation.
Audiences:
Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12
Primary Subjects:
Calculus, Graphs, Modeling, Probability, Statistics
Related Topics:
agent modeling, calculus, chaos, graph, iteration, pattern, predator-prey, probability simulation, random number, simulation, statistics
Enter two complex numbers (z and c) as ordered pairs of real numbers, then click a button to iterate step by step. The iterates are graphed in the x-y plane and printed out in table form. This is an introduction to the idea of prisoners/escapees in iterated functions and the calculation of fractal Julia sets.
Audiences:
Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12, Undergraduate
Primary Subjects:
Algebra, Geometry, Graphs, Number and Operations
Related Topics:
complex number, coordinate plane, coordinate system, exponents, fractals, functions, graph, infinity, iteration, julia set, mandelbrot set, recursion, recursive functions, sets
