In this video, students will be introduced to a type of fractal known as Sierpinski’s Triangle. This is a self-repeating shape built around equilateral triangles.
Students can create a mathematical art project, but also dig deep with area and perimeter. As this shape changes, how do these measurements change?
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Scroll down until you find Fractals: Sierpinski’s Triangle. Click on the videos, watch them, and follow along.
Lots of great information on Sierpinski’s Triangle here.
In this video, students will be introduced to a type of fractal known as the Koch Snowflake. This is a self-repeating shape built around equilateral triangles.
Students can create a mathematical art project using the Koch Snowflake, but they can also attempt to measure the perimeter and area of this shape as it changes.
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Class Name: greenbrier
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Scroll down until you find Fractals: Koch Snowflake. Click on the videos, watch them, and follow along.
Lots of great information about the Koch Snowflake here.
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Class Name: greenbrier
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Scroll down until you find Three Abstract, Intuitive (and Easy to Learn) Math Games. Click on the videos, watch them, and follow along.
When they play these games, students will be intuitively coming up with winning strategies. Since the rules are so simple, you can then change the rules a bit and have students re-think their strategy. Do this enough and your students' language will move from specific to abstract.
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Steps
Game of 100 – Students add 1 to 10 to a growing sum until one of them gets close enough to say 100. Strategy: get the one to say "89".
Heaps – Students remove items from piles until there are no items left. The last one to remove wins.
Cram – Students fill in a grid with 2×1 shapes. The last person who can go wins.