Family Math

Mark writes: "I really enjoyed being able to share my learnings on fractals today. Here are the links that I used."

Koch Curve Construction:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Von_Koch_curve.gif

Koch Curve Zooming Properties:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kochsim.gif

Animated Dragon:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dragon_curve_animation.gif

Link to Interactive Mandelbrot & Julia Set:
http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/applets/Quadr.html

Link to Animated Sierpinski Triangle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Animated_construction_of_Sierpinski_Tr...

Link that allows user to create a variety of Fractals:
http://math.bu.edu/DYSYS/applets/fractalina.html

Taylor reports on the Cardboard City.

Daniel: Scratch
Sirena & Thea: String Games & Ball Droppings
Aleksa &  Julian & Connor & Aryeh: Slide show / Scratch
Taylor: Platonic Solids
Devon & Alex & Sam: Website
Davin M.: Self Similar Art
Rory & Francis: Google Sketchup
David F.: Lego Mindstorms
Antonio & Julian: Hydro Car

TodaY IS TUESDay, AUGUst 11, 2009. TodAY WE MADE A TREE OUT Of paPER. WE TaLked about symmetry. SymMeTRY IS WHEN THINGS Are the saME ON BOTH SIDES. THERe are soME THings tHAT HAve MOre thaN OnE LINE OF SYMMETRy. TRees aRe SYMMEtricAL. THE TREE WE MADE WAS MAde welL. SOME PEOple made THINGS To gO ON THE TRee. A BUNch of pictures goT TAKEN OF THE TREE. AFTER THat, we had lunch brEAK. THEN THERE WAS A NATURE WAlK. SOMe kids got ahead anD DIDN'T GET TO SEE As much stuFF. DAVID McCrea wrote this, swiTCHING BETween capital and lowerCASE.  

After splitting into two groups, we began a series of activities.  First, Dani showed us how to use GeoGebra more extensively than yesterday.  Then, Kendall Carpenter came in and taught us about sailboat navigation.  After sharing stories about sailing, he taught us some terms, and led an exercise on how to calculate speed, distance, and time based on the relationship between them.  Next, another adult, Paul Anderson, came in and educated us about Google Sketchup.  For those who don't know, this is a program designed for making 3-D models.  He showed us how to use certain tools on it, and showed us how to make a simple house and castle.  Afterwards, we all downloaded it and did some individual designing.  Next, we went out for lunch.  Larry led some people on a nature walk, and the rest of us went back inside to work for the rest of the day.  All in all, it was a fun and productive day.

                                                                                                   -Alex Clark

OkiDoku puzzles
Crayon Physics
Sketchup
KenKen Puzzles
Scratch

First when we separated we started by drawing games such as drawing vertical and horizontal lines, drawing circles, and scribbling till you come to some one else's scribbling. Then we did scratch and most of us made the scratch cat draw rainbow lines all over the stage. After that we had lunch and some of us with our arms and bodies as fingers, we did witch's broom and attempted cats cradle. It has been a very mathy and exciting day.   

So for the first day we started out hearing about family math and then the older group worked with the program called geogebra we made A cat move! learned about perspectibs. we then broke for lunch where we made A large cats cradle out of several people, then we came back inside for the end of the day.

---Quinn