"Fantastic Fractals - Explore the Frontier" is a fabulous site that takes students through fractals using tutorials at three levels, for beginners, general consumers or more advanced. Also includes links to Fractal Gallery, Fractal Landscapes, and Fractal Music.

Fractal Geometry is intended to be a basic introduction to Fractal Geometry, and more specifically, the Mandelbrot Set, aided by material from a public television program presented by Arthur C. Clarke, "Colours of Infinity."

Why Study Fractals? is presented by Cynthia Lanius in the Math Forum.

"Fractals Unit for Elementary and Middle School Students" has lots of information on the Web about fractals, but most of it is either just pretty pictures or very high-level mathematics. Except for this site, which helps students understand that these weird pictures are all about math. Great links here on making fractals, fractal properties, and notes to teachers.

"The Fractory" is an interactive tool for creating and exploring fractals explains fractals in several different ways and has links for students to "make your own fractals" and view a "fractal gallery."

An Introduction to Fractals features a more indepth look at fractal geometry, with great illustrations of the various fractal figures.

Math Archives has the archives of a BBC presentation on fractals. It also contains many excellent links for fractals.

"Ask Dr. Math," is a Math Forum service of Swarthmore. If students have questions about fractals, perhaps they can find the answers here.

The Snowflake Curve and The Koch Snowflake are two sites which show how to draw a Koch Snowflake.

Interested in fractal software? Download Fractint, the most popular fractal software shareware on the web.

The Math Forum also features a list of available fractal software.

Looking for additional information on fractals and chaos? Paul Bourke has two excellent pages: an Introduction to Fractals and Fractals and Computer Graphics.

Send a friend a fractal card! At Maths Year 2000 you can click on "cards online" to send a card featuring a fractal design or other math-based design.

Weaving with Math

AVL Looms shows pictures and descriptions of different types of looms and textile and fabric weaving accessories.

Simply titled "Binary Numbers" this is an excellent resource for students and teachers alike. It's from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and features a very simple description of binary arithmetic.

Decimal to Binary Conversion provides two basic ways to do decimal-binary conversion. You may find one or the other easier to understand and use. This site features both.

And then there's hassle-free binary and decimal conversion at Base Conversion, where you put in the binary or decimal number and it will automatically convert to numbers in six different bases.

In what must be the biggest site ever, you'll find over 8,000 conversions at Online Conversion. Conversions are organized by type (temperature, length, cooking, etc.), and each conversion page includes lots of options.

Binary Number Systems features a description of binary numbers, conversion information, and conversion tables.

Carpet - Math Underfoot

Devens Learning Center has a page of activities involving Perimeter, Area, Volume.

Converting Between Different Measured Units? Check out WebMath's Real World Math for help.

If you're looking for creative design ideas, check out an MC Escher page. Try Welcome to the World of Escher! M.C. Escher was a Dutch graphic artist. Click on the "Art Gallery" on the left side of the home page to see Escher designs. Also, "Mathematical Basis of Interlocking Shapes" is a page that features hints and shortcuts to make tessellations.

Textile and Apparel Industry features links to apparel and sewn products-related web sites.

Undoubtedly, the Gutman Library at Philadelphia University has the best, most complete textile arts/textile industry link list, ranging from associations to wool and yarn!