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SIERPINSKI TRIANGLE – Fractals, Colour Schemes, RepetitionStudents follow written instructions to draw a Sierpinski triangle and use markers to colour it in a colour scheme of their choice.
Students follow written instructions to draw a Sierpinski triangle and use markers to colour it in a colour scheme of their choice.
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Supplies:
- Crayola Broad Line Markers
- Crayola Glue Sticks
- Crayola Scissors
- Rulers - 1 per student
- Pencils
- Erasers
- Bristol Board - 50.8 cm x 76.2 cm (20" x 30") - 1 per 6 students
Steps:
1
![Step 1](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/bdebc09b9e3130e137cda1cdd0158304-stepSml.png)
- Follow the instructions on the How to Make a Sierpinski Triangle worksheet to draw a Sierpinski triangle. (Downloads - Sierpinski.pdf)
- Keep making smaller and smaller triangles as many times as you like.
- Be sure to measure carefully.
2
![Step 2](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/de898550bf563eebb7451c7dc082515c-stepSml.png)
- View the colour wheel available on this website to figure out a colour scheme you like.
- Complementary - colours opposite each other on the colour wheel, e.g., red and green; yellow and violet; blue and orange
- Analogous - colours beside each other on the colour wheel, e.g., yellow, yellow-orange, and orange; red, red-violet, and blue; blue, blue-green, and green
- Triad - 3 colours evenly spaced around the colour wheel, e.g., green, orange, and violet; yellow, red, and blue; blue-green, yellow-orange, and red-violet
3
![Step 3](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/bfa0836530d27f261ca9a2715923955a-stepSml.png)
- Use markers to colour your triangle.
4
![Step 4](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/1c946cdab0a53622a96a5558962d347f-stepSml.png)
- Carefully cut out the triangle.
5
![Step 5](https://static.crayola.ca/uploads/31360e6e9a5a4173175ccb8358e0186e-stepSml.png)
- Join your triangle with 5 others.
- Notice how the triangle pattern can keep growing and growing.
- A never-ending pattern like this is a fractal.
Subjects:
Grades:
Grade 3,
Grade 4,
Grade 5,
Grade 6,
Grade 7,
Grade 8