TEACHERS NOTES

CREATING FRACTALS USING GEOMETER'S SKETCHPAD

Days 3 and 4 consist of creating fractals on the Geometer's Sketchpad. For student directions, click here. These directions may be downloaded, copied, and distributed to students.

Day 3 will consist of having students create the hat fractal, and a script to generate it.

Day 4 will consist of having students create the Koch curve, the Koch snowflake, and a script to generate them. Students will also create their own fractals along with directions for other students to use to generate them. Click here for the GSP script that will generate the Koch curve.

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