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Fractiles 7
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Fractiles 7 Educational Fractal Geometry Toy consists of three different shaped and colored magnetic tiles. In all, the diamond shaped tiles have six different angles. All the angles are based on the number seven. For this reason, the diamonds fit together in a sevenfold symmetry that yields an almost infinite number of
possible fractal geometry patterns. The fractiles set includes 192 precision cut Magnetic Tiles and a 12"x12" Steel Activity Board along with Illustrated Instructions. The activity board and tiles slide into the sleeve of the jacket (similar to an old record jacket) for easy storage.
Fractiles 7 is an Educational Fractal Geometry Toy that teaches children and adults about the elegance of symmetry and geometry and increases visual perception and analysis – skills that are essential to understanding mathematics, reading, writing and science. For a similar but less mathematical magnetic kit with a more artistic aspect see our
Magnetic Fractal Art kits.
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Fractiles 7 Educational Fractal Geometry Toy.
Fractiles 7 make a great travel toy, as they can occupy a child's imagination for hours of fun. At the same time they are playing with fractiles, they are also learning about polygons, scale & proportion, symmetry, angles, and pattern recognition. A kind of stealth learning.
The name, Fractiles, derives from the word "fractal", the phenomenon of scaling or the repeating of a pattern on every scale. Whatever pattern we see in our world, turns out to be only a minute portion of a much larger, yet similar, pattern or structure. That larger structure is, in its turn, just a small part of an even larger but still similar structure.
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Fractiles 7 is an educational toy that teaches children and adults about the elegance of symmetry and geometry and increases visual perception and analysis – skills that are essential to understanding mathematics, reading, writing and science. Hours of fun and learning. Great Travel Toy.
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