{"id":211,"date":"2025-03-22T13:34:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/?page_id=211"},"modified":"2025-03-22T15:48:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T15:48:46","slug":"challenges-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/challenges-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>LilyPad Challenge: Electrifying Fabric<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"LilyPad Challenge: Electrifying Fabric\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oevbhnSVMs0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Papertronics Challenges: Circuit&nbsp;Stumpers<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong><em><strong>Challenges for Students and Teachers<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Circuitry is often something that is connected directly to science \u2013 it\u2019s in the science curriculum, and we know that many science concepts lead to the understanding of circuitry and how circuits work. Math, however, is not often associated with circuitry \u2013 and we\u2019re working to change that! Click on one of the following activities to get started:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-23-at-12.13.07-PM.png\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/steam-tools\/circuits\/challenges\/#InteractivePatterning\">Interactive Patterning<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/steam-tools\/circuits\/challenges\/#GrowingPatterns\">Bringing to Life Growing Patterns<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/steam-tools\/circuits\/challenges\/#NumberPatterns\">Coding Puzzles and Number Patterns<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Interactive Patterning<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Video Player<video width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" src=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/PAttern.mp4?_=1\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the resource guide with instructions and materials needed for this circuit patterning challenge,&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Circuits-Interactive-Patterning-Resource-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">click here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Bringing to Life Growing Patterns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Have you read the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Annos-Magic-Seeds-Mitsumasa-Anno\/dp\/0698116186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anno\u2019s Magic Seeds<\/a>\u201d by Mitsumasa Anno? If not, you should! This book is packed full of interdisciplinary lessons, including an innate connection to mathematical patterning demonstrated in the following excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Circuits-Growing-Patterns-Resource-Guide.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Circuits-Growing-Patterns-Image-230x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3588\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOnce again, in the year after this, 1 plant came up and 2 flowers bloomed and 2&nbsp;marvelous fruits grew and 2 seeds were made. And again, Jack ate 1 seed and buried the other. The next year, the flowers bloomed again and the marvelous fruits grew and 2 seeds were made just as before. Again, Jack baked 1 seed and ate it and buried the other seed in the ground.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papertronics can be used to create an interactive visualization of the growing patterns inherent in the book.&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Circuits-Growing-Patterns-Resource-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;to download the resource guide for this challenge! For more activities based on \u201cAnno\u2019s Seeds\u201d, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/eduapps.ca\/civilization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EduApps.ca<\/a>&nbsp;to experiment with coding based around the book\u2019s concept of civilizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a><\/a><strong>Coding Puzzles and Number Patterns<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Using copper tape, batteries, LED lights and butterfly clips, we can demonstrate the AND command that is used in math, as well as coding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Video Player<video width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" src=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Venn.mp4?_=2\"><\/video><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To view the resource guide with instructions and materials needed for this circuit patterning challenge, as well as some additional information on what circuits, Boolean Algebra, and logic gates in digital electronics have in common,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Circuits-Coding-Puzzles-and-Number-Patterns-Resource-Guide.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Switch template used in this challenge:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-23-at-1.26.31-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/lab\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Screen-Shot-2017-11-23-at-1.26.31-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2017-11-23 at 1.26.31 PM\" class=\"wp-image-1651\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LilyPad Challenge: Electrifying Fabric Papertronics Challenges: Circuit&nbsp;StumpersChallenges for Students and Teachers Circuitry is often something that is connected directly to science \u2013 it\u2019s in the science curriculum, and we know that many science concepts lead to the understanding of circuitry &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/challenges-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-211","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1471,"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/211\/revisions\/1471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janettehughes.ca\/makerlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}