Two previous Homeschool Wednesdays covered the relationship between math and beauty as a different way of motivating the study of math. My first presentation was on spirals and the second one on waves. In each case the main point I am trying to make for our kids is how relatively simple mathematical formulas can generate magnificent patterns found in nature. Another area where this is true are fractals. These self similar patterns often have surprisingly simple underlying algorithms: http://w...

Two previous Homeschool Wednesdays covered the relationship between math and beauty as a different way of motivating the study of math. My first presentation was on spirals and the second one on waves. In each case the main point I am trying to make for our kids is how relatively simple mathematical formulas can generate magnificent patterns found in nature. Another area where this is true are fractals. These self similar patterns often have surprisingly simple underlying algorithms: http://w...