INSTRUCTIONAL UNIT
AN INTRODUCTION TO FRACTALS
DAY 1: PLAYING THE CHAOS GAME
DAY 2: INTERNET SCAVENGER HUNT
DAY 3 and 4: CREATING FRACTALS IN GEOMETER'S
SKETCHPAD
DAY 5: GENERATING SIERPINSKI'S TRIANGLE ON THE TI-82
AND IN
GEOMETER'S SKETCHPAD
DAY 6: CONSTRUCTION
OF THE FOUR CIRCLE CENTERS CONSTRUCTION OF FOUR CENTERS OF A TRIANGLE
DAY 7: EXPLORATION
OF THE FOUR CIRCLE CENTERS
DAY 8: EXPLORATION
OF ORTHIC TRIANGLE OF A GIVEN TRIANGLE
DAY 9: CONSTRUCTION
OF THE NINE-POINT CIRCLE OF A GIVEN TRIANGLE
DAY 10: PROVE
NINE-POINT CIRCLE ONE-FOUTH AREA OF CIRCUMCIRCLE AND
PROVE NINE-POINT CIRCLE ONE-FOURTH AREA OF CIRCUMCIRCLE.