Mathematical Crafting
Create Your Own Fractal Card
Published 14th January 2022
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Mrs Viant, Head of Mathematics, created a brilliant challenge for QM students during the festive holiday.
With a video tutorial, she demonstrated how to make your own Fractal Card.
If you feel up to the challenge, you can watch the video here and make your own!
What is a fractal?
A fractal is a pattern that keeps repeating across every scale of magnification.
Fractals are created by repeating a simple process over and over again.
Nature is full of fractals! You'll find them in trees, coastlines, rivers, mountains, seashells, clouds, and much more.
Mrs Viant's Fractal Card has a similar result to the Sierpinski triangle.
![Sierpinski triangle - fractal](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6b/Sierpinski_zoom_2.gif)
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