What is a system?
A system is a set of interconnected parts forming a complex whole. We are highly complex systems formed of specialized cells, carrying out life processes 24/7/365/lifetime. The Earth is a system with interconnected parts. We as humans need to remember that we are just one small part of the whole.
Over the course of this school year, I want my students to be immersed in the idea that the universe is a set of systems, of which our Earth is just one. I want them to identify the parts of these complex systems; to find the patterns and relationships that are found in them. I want us to explore the fractal branching that occurs in the axons of a human brain and the underlying structures of the universe. At first glance they look the same, and that is mind-blowing.
At the end of the year, I want my students to look for the patterns and connections in their own experience. I also want them to realize that we are a small but integral part of this world. I hope to instill a wonder about our planet, and our universe as a whole. I hope to inspire their generation to be loving caretakers of our world.
A system is a set of interconnected parts forming a complex whole. We are highly complex systems formed of specialized cells, carrying out life processes 24/7/365/lifetime. The Earth is a system with interconnected parts. We as humans need to remember that we are just one small part of the whole.
Over the course of this school year, I want my students to be immersed in the idea that the universe is a set of systems, of which our Earth is just one. I want them to identify the parts of these complex systems; to find the patterns and relationships that are found in them. I want us to explore the fractal branching that occurs in the axons of a human brain and the underlying structures of the universe. At first glance they look the same, and that is mind-blowing.
At the end of the year, I want my students to look for the patterns and connections in their own experience. I also want them to realize that we are a small but integral part of this world. I hope to instill a wonder about our planet, and our universe as a whole. I hope to inspire their generation to be loving caretakers of our world.
In my i-Video, I wanted to capture the magnificence of the patterns found in nature. I focused on fractals and spirals in the beginning of the video, showing the variety of natural and man-made phenomena that they are found in. After a brief exploration of the inherent mathematical patterns found in nature, we explore the idea that those patterns connect into larger, complex systems. I am exploring the idea that machines are systems, but so are cities, our planet Earth, and the entirety of our cosmos. I want to stress the fact that we are all small cogs in the large system that is our planet Earth.
The music was used to emphasize the awesome power of our cosmos; highlighting the beauty of the interconnectedness that we all experience.
My video was created with Windows Movie Maker; the song composition was Animation Piano by Ross Bugden, tweaked with Audacity. There's a mixture of stock footage (forest, clouds, thunderstorm, star spirals, hurricane, nighttime traffic, satellite flyover, Milky Way) and my own (Mandelbrot fractal, Chicago skyline, train, daytime traffic). The Mandelbrot fractal was created with a Mandelbrot generator.
The music was used to emphasize the awesome power of our cosmos; highlighting the beauty of the interconnectedness that we all experience.
My video was created with Windows Movie Maker; the song composition was Animation Piano by Ross Bugden, tweaked with Audacity. There's a mixture of stock footage (forest, clouds, thunderstorm, star spirals, hurricane, nighttime traffic, satellite flyover, Milky Way) and my own (Mandelbrot fractal, Chicago skyline, train, daytime traffic). The Mandelbrot fractal was created with a Mandelbrot generator.