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Challenge Game Theory Technology

Rock, Paper, Scissors

This is a great interactive Rock-Paper-Scissors game from the New York Times website:

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/science/rock-paper-scissors.html

The computer will narrate its strategy for you as you play, telling you whether it has correctly predicted your choice or not.

Skeptical? Play the game against the Veteran computer and watch it beat you! Then, go check out this infographic for some tips on how to improve your play.

It might be fun to pit a 6-sided die against the computer to see what happens.

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

Another Mechanical Calculator

This video demonstrates the Original Odhner mechanical calculator.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz8_tNDUDog

It looks like a miniature typewriter, and it seems to operate in the same manner as the Curta mechanical calculator: switches allow you to “input” numbers into the machine, and then turning a crank performs addition or subtraction.

The video demonstrates some basic operations of the Odhner, and it includes a nice (if lengthy) computation of the square root of 2 that involves a few arithmetic tricks.

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

Appreciation Geometry Photography

Math Photo: Rooftop Midline

$Math Photo -- Rooftop Midline$

This photo reminds me of my favorite theorem from elementary geometry: if you connect the midpoints of two sides of a triangle, the segment is both parallel to, and half the length of, the third side.

You can find out a little more about this theorem here.

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

Resources

More Math Careers

$we do math$ This is an excellent collection of profiles of people who use serious mathematics in their careers:

http://www.maa.org/careers/profiles.html

This resources from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) profiles over one hundred individuals whose careers span Actuary Science, Engineering, Systems Analysis, Computing, Law, and Academia. Each profile includes a personal statement from the individual in which they describe the fundamental role mathematics plays in their lives and careers.

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

Challenge

Sporkle Science Quiz

Here’s a nice six-minute distraction: a fun quiz from Sporcle, testing your knowledge of some science and math trivia.

http://www.sporcle.com/games/Flick/10to1sciefun

I won’t be bragging about my score. Let’s just say that my knowledge of Platonic Solids far surpassed my knowledge of type of clouds.

By patrick honner, 14 years8 years ago

patrick honner

Math teacher in Brooklyn, New York

Challenge Game Theory Technology

Rock, Paper, Scissors

Technology

Another Mechanical Calculator

Appreciation Geometry Photography

Math Photo: Rooftop Midline

Resources

More Math Careers

Challenge

Sporkle Science Quiz

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