fractal kitty

10
Aug
SA1: Real Numbers

SA1: Real Numbers

Here is my first Scripting Algebra (SA) post! I hope to keep these coming (with about 5 posts for each semester of Algebra). Often Algebra classes start with the Real Number System. This SA task is to program a graphic for the Real Number system. This can be a Venn diagram, animation, or another pro
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10
Jan
a box that says dead or alive? with a cat pawing at it and a thought bubble showing the box and whisker with not whiskers

Fractal Kitty Investigates: Box and Whiskers

10
Jan
radioactive halflive plots of how its effects might apply to a cats nine lives through the door titled nuclear medicine

Half-life effects on nine lives?

10
Nov
a kitty playing cards with the probability formula explaining that cards aren't counted - just remembered

Kitty Doesn’t Count Cards…

05
Nov
a kitty dreaming of a kitty, dreaming of kitty, etc.

Fractal Dreaming

I had a dream last night in a dream in a dream, so I decided to sketch this one up…
10
Jul
The Zeno Catnap

The Zeno Catnap

08
Jul
a cat drawn with red tangent lines and a derivative equation and then a kitty made of red bars and an integral equation

Differential vs. Integral Kitty

I have been reading Infinite Powers by Steven Strogatz as part of a twitter book club and decided to incorporate Fractal Kitty as I go through. This one is from the introduction. I really contemplated playing more with a comic for the Infinity Principle and still may.
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02
Jul
a bird and tree fractal make with photography composites

Week 5: Tell a Tale (or comic)

No matter what grade/age, stories are fun. This week I encourage learners to read and write math stories. Take a concept and illustrate it through the art of story. Write comics, picture stories, murder mysteries, fantasies, plays, etc. Students can act their story out, create a stop animation, or i
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19
Jun
an origami octahedron with geometric paper

Week 3: Sonobe Octahedron

Octahedrons are such a fun shape. This week we are going to learn an important fold in origami that can be used to make so many mathematical shapes, puzzles and works of art. We are going to learn Sonobe. Below is a video of how to create the basic fold and then assemble the octahedron. […]
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13
Jun
a kitty sleeping in a recursive tree branching with smaller kitties with binary in the sky.

Kitty in a Binary Tree

If you must translate, then here it is: 01010100 01101111 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101110 01100001 01110000 00100000 01101111 01110010 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101110 01100001 01110000 00111111 00100000 01010100
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