Did you know that it has been mathematically proven that any shape with straight sides can be cut with one cut, if the paper is pre-folded in the appropriate way?
Monday, 17 June 2019
Tuesday, 11 June 2019
Wednesday, 22 May 2019
Watering Plants With Microwaved Water - step one
What do you think of this?
To be continued... Look for another post.
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Geometry Dash Instructions
These are some on-line instructions, but I found them hard to follow.
I would recommend the YouTube videos by GriffPatch about how to make scrolling games in Scratch:
Here are basic instructions I created. The final project can be found here:
- Basic Geometry Dash
Make these sprites:
Create these variables for all sprites:
Add this code for the Player Sprite:
Add this code to the Platform 1:
Add this to Platform 2:
I would recommend the YouTube videos by GriffPatch about how to make scrolling games in Scratch:
Here are basic instructions I created. The final project can be found here:
- Basic Geometry Dash
Make these sprites:
Create these variables for all sprites:
Add this code for the Player Sprite:
Add this code to the Platform 1:
Add this to Platform 2:
Add this to Platform 3:
Tuesday, 30 April 2019
Monday, 8 April 2019
Monday, 1 April 2019
Drinking Water Protection
Keeping our drinking water clean is important! Here's a short video that talks about what is being done in Ontario:
Saturday, 23 March 2019
Fun With Pascal's Triangle
On the next Caribou Contest, there will be a question about Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician for whom Pascal's Triangle is named. Pascal was not the first to discover the triangle, as it was known in ancient China. Regardless, it is full of lots of interesting patterns!
Monday, 4 March 2019
Pi Day 2019
Pi Day is coming up on March 14 (3/14)! Here are some fun videos about Pi:
Raytheon Pi Day Video:
Calculating Pi Using Pies (3 min)
Mile of Pi (6 min)
How Pi was Nearly Changed to 3.2 (5 min)
Pi and Buffon’s Matches (6 min)
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