Forest Fires, Oil Spills, and Fractal Geometry: An Investigation in Two Parts. Part 2: Using Fractal Complexity to Analyze Mathematical Models.

Biehl, L. Charles

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ERIC Number: EJ584610

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Publication Date: 1999

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Forest Fires, Oil Spills, and Fractal Geometry: An Investigation in Two Parts. Part 2: Using Fractal Complexity to Analyze Mathematical Models.

Biehl, L. Charles

Mathematics Teacher, v92 n2 p128-30,136-39 Feb 1999

Presents an activity that utilizes the mathematical models of forest fires and oil spills that were generated (in the first part of this activity, published in the November 1998 issue) by students using probability and cellular automata. (ASK)

Descriptors: Fire Protection, Fractals, Geometry, Mathematical Models, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction, Probability, Secondary Education, Secondary School Mathematics

Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles

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Audience: Practitioners; Teachers

Language: English

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