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.ur...@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.tur...@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 >> >> > > -- ccosse.github.io
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