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

Quantity Groups

We also talked about different ways of grouping the different colorings to make sure we had all of them.

One strategy that came up when we first started working on the tower was to find all the colorings with zero greens, then all the colorings with one green, then two greens, etc. until we got to nine greens.

We also considered ways to break up the 4-green/5-blue set when we found out some were missing.

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