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Topics to explore Tessellations Fractals Math in Rollercoasters Topology Fibonacci Sequence Pascal's Triangle Zeno’s Paradox Conic Sections Codes and CiphersOn each page click on the images to explore various websites on the given topics. By exploring each website answer the questions on each page.

Tessellations

What is a tessellation? How can things tessellate? Where have I seen a tessellation?

http://www.tessellations.org/

http://mathforum.org/sum95/suzanne/whattess.html

http://www.mcescher.com/

http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/tessellation.html

Fractals

What are fractals?

Where are they seen in nature?

What math is involved?

http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/

http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/panorama/nature/natfracgallery/natfracgallery.html

MATH IN ROLLERCOASTERS

How can something so cool use math?

What is the math behind creating a rollercoaster?

What equations are used?


http://www.coolmathgames.biz/games/Rollercoaster_Creator.html

http://transworld189.tripod.com/

http://www.ohiomathworks.org/themeparks/rollercoasters1.htm

Topology

What is topology? What all American food comes to mind

when topology is mentioned? What is important about topology?

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Topology.html

http://www.math10.com/en/maths-history/math-topology/topology.html

http://www.math.colostate.edu/~renzo/teaching/Topology10/Notes.pdf

Fibonacci Sequence

What is the Fibonacci Sequence? What patterns do you notice?

http://www.livescience.com/37470-fibonacci-sequence.html

http://www.mathsisfun.com/numbers/fibonacci-sequence.html

Pascals’ Triangle

What patterns are in Pascal’s Triangle?

http://www.math.cornell.edu/~araymer/Puzzle/PascalsTriangle.pdf

http://trianglepascal.com/

http://www.mathsisfun.com/pascals-triangle.html

Zeno’s Paradox

First click on the image below to watch a short information clip on Zeno’s Paradox. After the clip read more about it.


http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.html

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-zeno-s-dichotomy-paradox-colm-kelleher#review

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/paradox-zeno/

Conic Sections

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/conics.htm

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/ConicSection.html

Codes and Ciphers

What did you learn about Codes and Ciphers?

What math is involved?

http://mathforum.org/isaac/problems/zeno1.html

http://www.exploratorium.edu/ronh/secret/secret.html

http://www.math.washington.edu/~king/coursedir/m308a01/Projects/Cryptography.htm

http://www.42explore2.com/codes.htm

Other possible topics

The Golden Ratio Tower of Hanoi Cryptography

http://www.purplemath.com/modules/conics.htm

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