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Lego Mindstorms Graphical Programming (NXT-G 2.0)

The NXT-G graphical integrated development environment (IDE) provides the five basic elements of programming: input/output, conditionals, loops, variables and functions. It combines research ideas from MIT, with a graphical IDE from National Instruments. Coming from a more traditional text based programming environment, and trying stay a step ahead of my children, I read Terry Griffin’s excellent book [1] along with some other resources [2,3,4,5,6,7,8]. This is a write up for my future reference. «read more»

How do microprocessors work?

The inquiry “How do computers do math introduced all the components needed to build a microprocessor. This inquiry will continue, but this time use a top-down approach. It starts by introducing a computer architecture, from where it introduces the microprocessor and its finite state machine. As the the final the microprocessor is implemented using a field programmable gate array. «read more»

Electromagnetism Inquiry

Inquiry into Electromagnetism. Starting from electrons spinning around their axis to electromagnetic fields.. «read more»

How do computers do math?

$school-math$

This inquiry answers the question “How do computers do math?”. After a short introduction, it dives down into solid-state chemistry from where it emerges to traverse along Ohm’s law, semi-conductors, logic gates and combinational logic. It surfaces by building a simple arithmetic logic unit. «read more»

Internet pagina’s (K-5)

Internet pages for pre-K to 5th grade «read more»

Our vegetarian recipes

The vast majority of these over 400 recipes are vegetarian. While many originate from external sources, most are adjusted to fit our personal taste and ingredients available in our area. «read more»

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