Enrichment-2010-2011

Thursday October 21, 2010: How GPS works

• Slides (pdf)
• Graph paper with info (pdf)
• Link to geocache page on geocaching.com (Geocaching University: B.Gps.)

Thursday November 4, 2010: Jeff Hooper

Thursday November 18, dec 2, jan 12, 2010-11: Randomness, probability, and networks (part 1)

• Slides (pdf)
• Link to geocache page on geocaching.com (Huey's driver training)

Wednesday March 21 (Jeff Hooper did several sessions in between here): Pseudo-random numbers from a computer.

• Slides (pdf)

(John Read did binary math, Jeff did math contest problems)

Wednesday May 4: Barcodes and error correcting codes

• Slides (pdf)

Wednesday May 18: Conway's "game of life"

• slides (pdf)
• The math.com page on game of life, including a java app that lets you try out patterns (app is in upper right corner of page, under "play life now"): http://www.math.com/students/wonders/life/life.html
• LifeWiki - a wiki site devoted to the game of life: http://www.conwaylife.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
• Link to the video of a "spaceship" pattern: http://experimentgarden.blogspot.com/2009/07/conways-game-of-life.html

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