a homeschooling blog about Simon, a young mathematician and programmer, and his little sister Neva. Visit https://simontiger.com
In this video, Simon (a 9 year old mathematician and programmer) shares his views on what absolutely needs to change in the educational system and why self-directed learning works better … Continue reading What’s Wrong with Traditional School?
Just like last year, Pi Day activities are going to spill over to the next few days, I’m sure. Simon’s not yet done working on a Pi piano composition and … Continue reading Happy Pi Day 2019!
This is Simon explaining valency of fluorine and silicon to Neva (inspired by the Veritasium channel).
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Simon writing the standard model from memory, physicsing himself to sleep.
We did two more experiments a couple days ago: Liquid Wires (creating a simple circuit using graphite and liquid glass, a sodium silicate solution) and making our own Zinc-Carbon Battery, … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Making Batteries
Simon was inspired by Matt Parker’s recent video about all the numbers on Numberphile and a Welch Labs video series about imaginary numbers (some of the design elements are borrowed … Continue reading Simon’s Real Numbers Diagram
These are just a couple of pages from Simon’s new book/ digital presentation on knot theory that he’s currently working on: I see him scavenging the internet in search of … Continue reading Simon working on a book about Knot Theory
This is the fourth video in Simon’s short series Infinities Driving You Mad. In this episode, Simon attempts to start to comprehend indescribable numbers. To Simon’s knowledge, no one has … Continue reading Infinities Driving You Mad. Part 4a: Indescribable Numbers
Just a typical evening scene from our home. Simon practicing Canon in D by Johann Pachelbel, Neva improvising a dance. Below is another recording of Simon playing the whole piece … Continue reading Home Concerts: Pachelbel
We were reading Steven Hawking’s A Brief History of Time, and Simon asked: “If the speed of light is the same relative to any body, is it the same relative … Continue reading What Does it Feel Like to Be Light? And Why the Infinity Tunnel is Actually Finite.
Simon has been dreaming to try creating the Steve Mould effect, or the chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads. It’s a counterintuitive physical phenomenon, almost a magic trick, that occurs … Continue reading The Steve Mould Effect
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