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ourteen units of study based around instances of mathematics concepts, including fractals, basic Algebra, and Geometry concepts occurring in cultural designs. The units of study can be used with middle school and high school students. The resource page for teachers provides some additional resources and background information.

In a project based on the “Pit and the Pendulum,” high school math students determine whether Poe’s story is mathematically sound.  They use graphing calculators and computers to create and experiment with model pendulums.  They conjecture, analyze data, study quadratic equations, explore curve fitting, and finally build a pendulum to test their theories.