by MathPickle | Jan 16, 2019 |
A house of mirrors can be a dangerous place to live. Bump a wall and the whole house can fall around you – sharp shards everywhere. That’s why there are rules for anyone planning on building a house of mirrors. Rule 1: EQUAL NUMBERS OF EACH COLOR. This...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2017 |
A Spectral Blaster Ring is what you see if you get hit with a spectral blast. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger 😉 If you have not seen the slide show on Spectral Blasters you should see that before you continue. The same four rules apply to Spectral...
by MathPickle | Apr 5, 2017 |
In this Mini Mathematical Universe your students will try to figure out the four rules that are needed to calibrate their spectral blaster. They collectively make any guess of a sequence of colours and then you will tell them if they violated one of the four rules and...
by MathPickle | Apr 4, 2017 |
This puzzle should be explored after Square Sardine Packing. Choose some shapes – order them from first at the top (green rectangle) to the last at the bottom (purple rectangle). Now use the same algorithm that you used in Square Sardine Packing to pack the...
by MathPickle | Jan 17, 2017 |
Skinny Man Tango starts with a shape and then changes it to another shape based on three simple rules. The results can be as beautiful as watching tango. To explain the rules I’ll start with this shape. Replacement Rule: Each edge of your shape must be replaced...
