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dot-ed:

The Galton Board: A Probability Machine

The Galton board typically consists of a vertical array of pegs in the formation of a triangle. Under the influence of gravity a ball passes through at random and lands in one of several bins at the end of its path. Originally the Galton board was a device created by Sir Francis Galton demonstrating the central limit theorem and the normal distribution. In this design a ball would fall either side of each peg with equal probability so that the number of times the ball bounces to the right follows a binomial distribution. With a large number of rows Sir Francis Galton would allow many balls to make its path through the Galton board and would observe that the heights of the balls in each bin would approximate a bell curve, that of the normal distribution.

Post inspired by Maths is smART’s article about his Matlab simulation of the Galton board.

donteatthepaste:

“A vision board (also called a Treasure Map or a Visual Explorer or Creativity Collage) is typically a poster board on which you paste or collage images that you’ve torn out from various magazines. It’s simple.

The idea behind this is that when you surround yourself with images of who you want…

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girlwithalessonplan:

think4yourself:

Animaniacs - Presidents

I claim any modicum of intelligence I had as a child was a result of this show.

I remember singing this in chorus as a child.  And loving it.

If only they did one for the Canadian Prime Ministers :(

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I would also accept snacktacular.

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writingadvice:

1. Stasis

This is the “every day life” in which the story is set. Think of Cinderella sweeping the ashes, Jack (of Beanstalk fame) living in poverty with his mum and a cow, or Harry Potter living with the Dursley’s.

2. Trigger

Something beyond the control of the protagonist (hero/heroine) is…

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Project-Based Learning is not dioramas. Thank you. 

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matthen:

Another mind-reading math trick! You can say what digit of a number the person scored out, only given what the other digits add up to. Why does it work? What’s special about the number 48?

writingadvice:

By C. Patrick Schulze

When I finished my first manuscript, low those many years ago, I hit the enter key a few times, center aligned my text and typed, “The End.” The problem? I’d completed my novel but not my story. I had yet to learn how to write the ending to a novel, and didn’t realize it…

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