It's chaos for science teachers.(educational materials on fractals in probability in natural systems)

Science Activities, March, 1995

IT'S CHAOS FOR SCIENCE TEACHERS at Boston University's Center for Polymer Studies and Science and Mathematics Education Center. New educational materials developed by students and staff members at the two centers aim to help teachers make science more engaging through the use of fractals to study natural systems. Called Patterns in Nature, the new materials packet was presented this summer to thirty-two high school science teachers who participated in a two-week seminar at the university. Patterns in Nature is designed to allow students to learn about science through the use of computers and through interaction with peers in what is termed "the cooperative learning classroom." In such an educational system, the teacher assumes the role of mentor and the students become...

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