• It is geared towards a fifth grade mathematics class.
• You will need internet access in order to complete this WebQuest.
Introduction
You have entered the world of strange and unusual shapes!
and for what purpose?
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role to withstand. You will meet with your group once you have completed your role and share the
information that you found with your group. Click on the image below your individual task to
Does anyone have an idea of what these images below are? Or how they were created? We are going to explore pictures like this and others to learn about what they are and what their purpose in math is.
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Person 3 Process
• How are fractals used in mathematics? • Where else are fractals present besides in mathematics? • In what other fields besides math are fractals being used,
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Overview
• This lesson is a WebQuest about fractals and what they are and how they relate to the world.
view some specific questions that you will have to answer. Write your answers on a
Person 1:
separate piece of paper that will be handed in.
Person 2:
-Your task will be to focus on fractals and what they have to do with math.
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Main Menu
• Introduction • Task • Process:
-Person 1 -Person 2 -Person 3 -Person 4 • Evaluation • Resources
• Teacher’s Page
-Your task will be to focus on the history behind fractals.
Person 3:
-Your task will be to focus on how fractals are used.
Person 4:
-Your task will be to focus on how fractals relate to art.
Introduction
Although all of the pictures from the previous slide look different, they are all fractals, which seems like a fitting name for these images of small broken pieces all put together.
This WebQuest is developed to get a better understanding of what fractals are and what
their purpose is in mathg to the number that you have been assigned in your group, you will all have a different
discovered fractals? Give a brief biography of him and show some examples of his work. • Who are some other mathematicians who have worked with fractals? Give some examples of their work.
Person 2 Process
Write the answers in your note book so they can be handed in after your group presents.
• How long have fractals been around? • Who is the “father of fractals” or in other words, who