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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Subdivision Weights (Practice)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is 4-problem quiz/practice. What of the following weights could be used for the subdivision algorithm to give us a fractal?
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Sierpinski's Carpet

For Students 9th - 10th
Step through the generation of Sierpinski's Carpet, a fractal made from subdividing a square into nine smaller squares and cutting the middle one out. Explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Julia Sets

For Students 9th - 10th
Enter a complex value for "c" in the form of an ordered pair of real numbers. The applet draws the fractal Julia set for that seed value.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Fractal Dimensions

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the fractal dimensions of several line-deformation fractals. Input the scale factor and number of similar copies, and the dimension will be calculated.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: The Mandelbrot Set

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore fractals by investigating the relationships between the Mandelbrot set and Julia sets.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Flake Maker

For Students 9th - 10th
Create your own fractals by drawing a "line deformation rule" and stepping through the generation of a geometric fractal.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Fractured Pictures

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Generate complicated geometric fractals by specifying starting polygon and scale factor.
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Interactive
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Koch's Snowflake

For Students 9th - 10th
Step through the generation of the Koch Snowflake, a fractal made from deforming the sides of a triangle, and explore number patterns in sequences and geometric properties of fractals.
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Interactive
Mathigon

Mathigon: Alice in Fractal Land

For Students 9th - 10th
When Alice falls down the rabbit hole, she discovers a wonderful world of mathematics: Pascal's triangle, sequences of rabbit generations, and beautiful, never-ending fractals.
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Unit Plan
Boston University

Boston University: Chaos, Fractals and Arcadia

For Students 9th - 10th
This is an interesting site for information on chaos and fractals. Includes links to interactive activities to learn more.
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Unit Plan
Boston University

Bu: Fractal Geometry of the Mandelbrot Set

For Students 9th - 10th
This site progresses in iterations through Mandelbrot and Julia sets to explain fractals and the mathematics behind them.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This page briefly illustrates and discusses fractals, which are closely linked to the concept of iteration (repitition.) Site links to well known pictured fractals.
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Lesson Plan
Shodor Education Foundation

Shodor Interactivate: Lesson: Fractals

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This site provides some links to activities and lesson plans dealing with fractals and chaos.
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Unit Plan
Other

Eal: Fract Ed

For Students 9th - 10th
A great resource for beginners. The site begins with a definition of iteration of functions, and proceeds from there to discuss fractal dimension.
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Activity
Other

Gobierno De Navarra: Algunos Fractales Lineales

For Students 9th - 10th
See 21 beautiful fractals and watch them change as n increases.
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Figure This: Fractals

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Can you figure out what pattern comes next? Explore patterns and perimeter in this math challenge on fractals. A one page activity from the NCTM Math Challenges for Families collection.
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Activity
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
A simple explanation of fractals is presented, along with several diagrams including the Mandelbrot set and Julia set.
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Unit Plan
Interactive Mathematics

Interactive Mathematics: Complex Numbers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The world of complex numbers is explored through mini lessons, interactive examples, applications and demonstrations. Topics covered include definitions, basic operations, graphing, different forms of complex numbers, products,...
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Activity
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Fractals

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains many links to Fractal information where students go to the given links to discover interesting facts about fractals and many mathematical equations that represent a fractal.
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Website
Other

Academic Info: Mathematics Gateway

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a comprehensive index and general directory to math sites that will help students in the study of circles.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Fractals

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Fractals."