Fraction a Day - What's Half a Spongebob?
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Fraction a Day - What's Half a Spongebob?
 
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"Stencils allow children to explore the math behind the patterns. It is difficult for them to perceive the difference between 1/8 and 3/8 without visual aids in the beginning. Unlike charts, Etoys is interactive. Unlike paper or cardboard, it allows children to repeat any number of times without waste."
- K.K. Subramaniam (who created the Stencil code in squeak to make this possible)
Fraction A Day - Day 33+ Half a Spongebob allows kids to create there own fractions using stencils and a line drawing tool. Video demo hereAlso there is beautiful use of the stencils by Susanne Guyader, an 80+ year old artist who used Squeak/Etoys to guide art teachers in France.
A big thanks to Subbu for the squeak code to make this possible. Stephen
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Re: Fraction a Day - What's Half a Spongebob?
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Awesome project. I'm always impressed and get inspired by what you produce :-)
Karl
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Steve Thomas <[hidden email]> wrote: "Stencils allow children to explore the math behind the patterns. It is difficult for them to perceive the difference between 1/8 and 3/8 without visual aids in the beginning. Unlike charts, Etoys is interactive. Unlike paper or cardboard, it allows children to repeat any number of times without waste." _______________________________________________ squeakland mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland |
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