[Edu-sig] seasonal challenge to calculator dominance in high schools

[C. Cossé]

I'll bet every one of those graphing calcs has also been replicated as a
phone app
That's cool stuff there!  (yours)

On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 12:30 PM kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Another modeling activity that's fun is starting with a giant spreadsheet
> (maybe a pandas DataFrame) wherein the columns are xyz coordinates of
> ballerina body sensors. As we know, the movie industry uses these sensors
> routinely, to bring an actor into a virtual reality (e.g. Gollum in Lord of
> the Rings).
>
> We had an outfit in Nebraska do the recordings and I translated the sensor
> data into stick figure renderings, kind of eerie.
>
> Pipeline:  sensor data (excel) --> python --> povray --> frame-joiner -->
> movie
>
> https://youtu.be/38iz0-dopSg
> https://youtu.be/3WehC6LxZe8
>
> This requires knowing enough scene description language to have Python
> write out coherent scripts, frame after frame, to the rendering engine
> (free open source povray).
>
> Lots of coordinate system practice, with movie-making an end result.
>
> I'd like students to have access to Civilization type games but with full
> planets rendered as hexapents.  No need to code it from scratch unless they
> pay you.  At some point, you need to say "hey, even adults aren't working
> this hard for nothing".
>
> Calendar time including timezones and daylight savings definitely core
> curriculum, no question, glad we have datetime tools.
>
> Again, back to the end of the calculator era, they suck at calendar
> datetime, and besides, the API of a bazzillion little buttons sucks.
>
> Kirby
>
> https://mybizmo.blogspot.com/2006/04/more-first-person-physics.html
> (First Person Physics, University of Nebraska)
> https://youtu.be/sguOvRlHjn0 (more hypertoons)
>
>
> On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 12:04 PM Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Another plotting exercise: MathClock / MathCircle
>>
>> With X, Y coordinates,
>> - Draw a circle
>> - Draw a circle around the origin
>> - Label degrees (360; Babylonian base 12)
>> - Label fractional radians
>> - Label 12 hours
>> - Label the 60 minutes
>> - Draw clock hands
>>
>> And then do the same with radial coordinates
>>
>> ... Number representations: change of base; Columns in e.g.
>> Pandas; Trigonometry: Sin, Cos
>>
>>
>
>


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