Arizona Student Wins with Fractal Project

January 28, 2009 by FractalMan  
Filed under For Kids, Fractals in the News

Julie Zhou, was selected to be a semifinalist at this years Intel Science Talent Search. Her research report, entitled “Chaos Theory, Fractal Dimensions and the Human Cerebrum,” is essentially a look at the brain, neural perceptions and cognitive development.

Read more here

Congratulations, Julie!

Make fractal cutouts with paper and scissors

January 1, 2009 by FractalMan  
Filed under For Kids, For Teachers

Here’s a fun activity you can do to make a fractal cutout with nothing more than a piece of paper…
See the full description in the Fractivities section.

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Fractal Challenge entries closed

January 1, 2009 by FractalMan  
Filed under For Kids, Fractal Challenge

Congratulations to all the students who entered fractals in the 2008-2009 Fractal Challenge. As of the deadline at midnight Dec 31, 2008, we received over 68 entries , and will be posting them here on the website soon. We’ll also be announcing when the official judging will take place, as soon as we can schedule it with the judges.

Online Course

January 1, 2009 by FractalMan  
Filed under For Kids, For Teachers

The Fractal Foundation has produced an online fractal math course for use by students and teachers. This project has been made possible by a grant from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department. 

 

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