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On Thursday Simon was busy with writing his own code in Java. He called it “Path Following”. The project basically involved simulating different phenomena with a physics particle (having it … Continue reading Path Following (Simon’s own code). Applying restitution.
Simon has followed another batch of wonderfully enriching tutorials by Daniel Shiffman on p5.js, this time all about sound, and made these sound visualisations. The first one is based on … Continue reading Sound Visialization
Simon loves the conductive paint. After we finished making the Bare Conductive Voltage Village kit (previous post), he made two circuits, parallel and series, on his own without and help … Continue reading Simon draws series and parallel circuits with conductive paint
Drawn from memory: Logic gates:
Simon was trying to make a circuit using graphite pencil as conductor but it wasn’t strong enough to make an LED burn. We actually measured the voltage with the multimeter … Continue reading Is pencil conductive?
On Monday Simon’s math tutor and I agreed that Simon should try some problem solving involving both math and electricity, considering his current interest. We chose Electricity and Magnetism > Current … Continue reading Kirchoff’s Current Law
Simon wrote a poster with electricity formulas (from memory) this morning and applied one of them (Ohm’s law) to his advanced lemon experiment. We had already tried this experiment … Continue reading Ohm’s Law Applied to Lemons
The new Adventures in Science video episode by SparkFun is out! This time on electric power.
Simon loves his new Science Journal app he recently found online and downloaded on my Android. The app allows him toĀ investigate movement (by using accelerometers), measure ambient light and sound … Continue reading Science Journal app
Mom, I’m going to build a heat generator!
It’s late in the evening. While drinking his bedtime tea Simon is teaching his little sister to measure the voltage of various batteries. And he also knows his Ohm’s Law … Continue reading Always happy to teach
I saw Simon looking at all the ports on the back of the desktop processor this afternoon and asked him if he wanted to take a peep inside. He was … Continue reading Our desktop’s guts
Geeks out of the box 