# Recursion
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Teacher: Ms Punter
## Objectives:
1. Discuss fractals
2. Look at recursion
3. See how recursion can be used to make fractals
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This is a fractal - Mandelbrot. Can you describe it?
{%youtube Ao9N3kNBJQY %}
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ao9N3kNBJQY
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Fractals are patterns. A perimeter or a surface area of a fractal __can__ be infinite. Perimeters or surface areas of fractals are made up of the shape of the same fractal but at smaller scale. Fractals are driven by recursion.
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## A recursive function is a function that calls itself
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