Using Disney's Frozen to motivate mathematics: Bringing fractals into the classroom.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Piatek-Jimenez, Katrina, ; Phelps, Christine M.,
- Source
- Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom; 2016, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p18-25, 8p, 1 Black and White Photograph, 10 Diagrams
- Subject
- Teachers
Mathematics
Absolute value
Fractals
Entropy dimension
- Language
- ISSN
- 13260286
The movie Frozen took the world by storm and this global popularity of the movie and its music can be harnessed by teachers of mathematics. This article builds on the "frozen fractal" lyric from Let It Go to incorporate fractal geometry into primary mathematics classrooms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]