Using+Fractals+to+Inspire+Interest+in+Science+&+Math


 * Presenter: || Jonathan Wolfe, Fractal Foundation ||
 * Email: || jonathan@fractalfoundation.org ||
 * Title: || Using Fractals to Inspire Interest in Science & Math ||
 * Audience: || Administration/Leadership, Elem, Middle, High ||
 * Strand: || Modeling best practices with educational technology ||
 * Description: || The Fractal Foundation has achieved great success inspiring interest in science and math among tens of thousands of students and hundreds of teachers. We will demonstrate the Fractal Foundation's programs, including the Fractal Challenge, in which children use open-source software to create artworks using algebra; the Fractal Trianglethon, in which thousands of children from around the world collectively create the world's largest fractal triangle; the Fractal Institute, a professional development workshop that teaches teachers to use the exciting ideas of fractals; and the online fractal math course, which allows students to delve deeply into the ideas of modern math and their applications in science and technology. ||
 * NETS: || NETS-S for Students ||