Create a beautiful, repeating pattern of circles that turns into flowers In this exercise, students use a compass (the drawing tool) to repeat a simple pattern of circles at varying scales to create a beautiful flower pattern. Learn about overlapping shapes, intersecting points, midpoint and radius. Ages: 5th – 12th grades Materials: Compasses Colored pencils Sheet […]
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Bingo
Learn about fractals by playing bingo! In this activity, 30 or fewer students can play bingo and learn about fractals at the same time. Note that the pages are to be used for “lines” bingo rather than blackout bingo, since all pages have the same images but in different locations. You can use our curriculum […]
Sky City Community School – 21s...
The Fractal Foundation is honored to have been invited back for yet another year of fractal outreach activities at Sky City Community School out in the beautiful fractal-covered landscape of Acoma, New Mexico. Fractal Foundation Education Director Emma Eckert led three presentations and activity sessions for students attending the 21st Century Summer School STEM program […]
New Mexico STEM Symposium 2016
On June 4, 2016 at the 2016 New Mexico STEM Symposium, Fractal Foundation representatives Jonathan Wolfe (founder and Board President) and Emma Eckert (Education Director) inspired teachers from all over the state to incorporate fractal activities into their curriculum. The teachers participated in an informative presentation highlighting the key components of fractals and how fractals are […]
Fibonacci Sequence and Spirals
Explore the Fibonacci sequence and how natural spirals are created only in the Fibonacci numbers In this activity, students learn about the mathematical Fibonacci sequence, graph it on graph paper and learn how the numbers create a spiral. Then they mark out the spirals on natural objects such as pine cones or pineapples using glitter […]
Nature Walk Bingo
Explore what fractals you can find around your school or even in your neighborhood In this activity, a class of 20 students at most (you can make more bingo sheets if you want) walks around outdoors, noting fractal patterns all around them. They can be simply outside the classroom on the school property or in […]
XaoS
Use free software to explore fractals and create beautiful art XaoS (https://fractalfoundation.org/resources/fractal-software/) is free software that allows us to interact with fractals in a compelling and artistic way. The possibilities are limitless. Your own fractal art can be fractal in size – as small as a thumbprint and as big as a billboard! You can […]
Exponents
Use fractals to learn about exponents and compare relative sizes of objects In this exercise, students work with exponents, specifically with the bases of 2, 3, 4 and 10. Fill in tables, graph your results and formulate equations that match your graph. Compare relative scales of natural objects using exponent rules and make some measurements […]
Fraction Tree
Use a simple model of an apple tree to play with fractions Like all fractals, a tree grows by repeating a simple process. In this case, a tree trunk splits into two branches. Each branch splits into two branches again, making four branches. Each of these then split into two branches again, making eight. Apples […]