http://fractalfoundation.org Fractal Blog - a chaotic exploration of science and education Sun, 04 Jul 2010 07:42:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_1323" align="aligncenter" width="450" caption="English Children at the Gateway School enjoying a fractal zoom."][/caption] The Fractal Foundation delivered its first educational presentation in the UK, at the Gateway School in Great Missenden, England. About 160 enthusiastic, but extremely well-mannered, 4th and 5th year students enjoyed a beautiful introduction to fractals in science, ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/06/fractals-in-england/ On April 28th the Fractal Foundation visited Mariano Lake Community School - a remote elementary school in the Navajo Nation northeast of Gallup NM - to share the excitement of fractals with students, teachers and parents. Over 100 people attended the Family Science Night to learn about the connections between ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/04/fractals-on-the-navajo-reservation/ The Fractal Foundation constructed the world's largest fractal triangle on March 14, 2010 (PI-Day) in the Albuquerque Convention Center. Over 40 volunteers helped build the giant triangle and celebrate math, art, and the amazing wonder of fractals. The giant triangle was assembled out of 2187 individual triangles made by children ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/03/fractal-trianglethon-a-giant-success/ The winners of the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge were publicly awarded during a ceremony at the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge on March 14th, 2010. Five of the 8 winning students were present, and they received a poster of their fractal, an award certificate, and a trophy fractal billboard. In addition, their artworks will ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/03/fractal-challenge-winners-award-ceremony/ The Fractal Foundation is pleased to announce the newest public art installation of a winning fractal from the Albuquerque Fractal Challenge. An 8'x12' banner was installed on the west-face of the Harwood Art Center at 7th and Mountain Rd in downtown Albuquerque. Congratulations to Lauren Lopez, the featured artist! [caption id="attachment_1081" ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/02/fractals-come-to-escuela-del-sol-and-harwood-art-center/ For the 3'd year in a row, the Fractal Foundation had an interactive booth at "Math & Science Day" at the NM State Legislature in Santa Fe. The event was huge success and featured about a dozen educational organizations from around the state. At our table, we taught hundreds of ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/02/fractals-at-the-nm-state-legislature/ Fractal patterns have been observed for the first time at the quantum scale, and the implications - and applications - may be huge. [caption id="attachment_1061" align="aligncenter" width="350" caption="Image: Roushan/Yazdani Research Group"][/caption] Mathematicians and physicists have known for some time that the equations that govern the magnetic phase-transition of metals will produce fractal ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/02/fractal-patterns-seen-in-semiconductor-magnetism/ We're building a giant fractal made of 2187 student-made triangles, and we need your help! "The Fractal Trianglethon" will be the world's largest fractal triangle. It's going to be 96 feet wide! We've reserved the Albuquerque Convention Center west complex ballroom for the whole day for this event on March ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2010/01/march-14-worlds-largest-fractal-triangle/ Channel 7 recently featured several of Albuquerque's brightest, most creative students on its "Research Rocks" segment. Two of the winners of the 2009 Albuquerque Fractal Challenge, and one of the 2008 winners (and her brother) were featured in the video explaining how they've been exploring fractals on computer to create ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2009/12/albuquerque-kids-on-research-rocks-part-2/ We want to share some of the exciting developments of the last year for fractals in education and in our community in general. We've grown so much and passed so many milestones, it's good to pause and reflect on them. It's great what we've accomplished - but we need your ... http://fractalfoundation.org/2009/12/2009-a-great-year-for-fractals/