Activities for Week 5 Activity W 5.1 FRACTALS IN NATURE
Fractals are all around us in nature.
They help explain the irregular, repetitive patterns in many things we see every day.
Students may be made to explore how fractals can represent real-world data using patterns and algorithms.
Materials Required:
Graph paper, printouts with different fractal patterns and their corresponding data (such as trees, coastlines, plant structures or any other structure of their choice).
Procedure
1. Students may be asked to get a photograph of a tree.
They may observe the branching.
They may
use this data to create a branching fractal pattern.
The data shows how each branch divides into smaller branches at a constant angle.
They may use a repetitive method to create fractal.
2. This activity may be done for coastline data. The coastline is irregular and jagged, which means it’s a fractal pattern.
Use this data to draw an irregular coastline that gets more jagged as you zoom in.
3. Another similar activity can be done for the adjoining picture.
Extension
Data related to clouds, or mountains, or even river systems can serve as good models for the concept of fractals.
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