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Fractal Tool

This applet lets students explore connections among geometry, measurement and number patterns. Students select one of four preset fractal processes, including the Koch snowflake and the Sierpinski triangle, and observe the stages of complexity. The number of parts and an area or linear measure are shown in a table. The tool supports the lesson How Many Triangles Can You Construct? in the unit Building with Triangles (cataloged separately)....

Keywords:: Geometric Patterns, Plane Geometry, Math Process Skills, Area of Polygons, Analyze and Persevere, NSDL, Express Regularity, Representation, Discrete Mathematics, Process Skills, Area, Geometry, Number and Operations, Length, Numbers and Operations, Visual Representation, Systems of Measurement, Practice Standards, Connections, Nonstandard, Similarity, Math Visualizations, Measurement, Number Patterns, Mathematics, Patterns and Sequences, Polygons, Geometric Sequence, Recursion and Iteration, Mathematics Education, Education, Reason Quantitatively, Concept Formation, Fractal Geometry