Documents

  1. Single 9-block
  2. Thirty-two 9-blocks
  3. Template for 3zees
  4. Sample Distribution
  5. Guide to Sample Stalagmite Model

Netlogo Models

  1. 9 Blocks
  2. Sample Stalagmite
  3. Sampler
  4. Sampler client

Discussions

  1. Ways of Counting
  2. Tree Counting
  3. Binary Counting
  4. Concatenation
  5. Two Square Concatenation
  6. Other Concatenations
  7. Quantity Groups
  8. Independent Events
  9. Dependent Events
  10. Calculating Probability
  11. Counting Reconsidered
  12. Probabiliy Formula
  13. Independent Events Formula
  14. Apply Independent Events Formula
  15. Stalagmite Riddle

Related Links

Concatenation

Concatenation is a basic operation in computer science.  It basically means that you take two strings and jam them together.  For example, the concatenation of "bbaccca" and "acb" is "bbacccaacb".

If we let the letter "b" stand for blue and "g" stand for green, we can build different colorings through concatenation.  For example, "bbggggbgb" would represent a 3x3 grid with two blue squares followed by a green square in the top row, three green squares in the second row, and a blue followed by a green followed by another blue in the last row.

When we create a multiplication table, we create a multiplication expression for every possible pair of numbers on the borders of the table.  Normally, we write the answer to the expression in the table.  I'm writing the expression in the table to make my point:

* 0 1
0 0*0 0*1
1 1*0 1*1

This is a very small multiplication table, but it illustrates the point.  We have every pairing of 0 and 1 in this table, which we could transfer to all the colorings of a set of two squares.

Leone Learning Systems, Inc. (LLS) is a North Shore company that provides online courses for kids anywhere and local teaching and tutoring services for students in Chicago and the Northern Suburbs of Chicagoland. LLS also provides a free geometry software package for children age 6 and up, and free resources for teachers and parents. This site includes information about classes taught, availability for tutoring, learning activities for kids, lesson plans, and an ongoing software and curriculum research and development effort.