Archive for Free Technology
How Many Squares Can You Make in a 5 x 5 Peg Lattice Board?
I’ve been wanting to post this problem for a long time. I don’t know why I’m so lazy.
Problem:
Suppose you have a 5 x 5 peg lattice board like one on the right:
Without injuring yourself or others, how many rubber band squares can you make on the board?
Challenge:
How many rubber band squares can you make on an N x N peg lattice board?
Geoboard:
The picture above is a screenshot of the Geoboard app.
This app is a:
provided by The Math Learning Center.
Creativity Meets Math
Screen capture using Circular Design Maker
Ever wonder if there’s any creativity in logic and math? Do left-brained people struggle to be creative? Where does creativity and logic come from?
Try out my Circular Design Maker.
* This seems to work better with the Mozilla Firefox browser
I was curious what it would look like if rotated rotating points around center points around another center point. LOL. Try saying that 5 times fast!
Using GeoGebra, I made this worksheet for us to see.
Try making some designs and take pictures of them!
Creativity and Logic come from Curiosity.
Codecademy.com
Months ago I saw a video on Facebook that stuck with me. (See video below or click here). The entrepreneurs of many successful companies all got their start from learning programming: Facebook, Dropbox, Fab, just to name a few.
