Andy Kavanagh : Activity

Create fractals with Fimo

Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:18:36 GMT

Or rock. Rock would be more tasty!

http://www.evilmadscientist.com/article.php/fimofractals

Numeracy skills essential to avoid disappointment

Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:17:19 GMT

Camelot have withdrawn a series of lottery scratchcards because the rules were confusing so many people. It would seem that incorrectly comparing negative numbers was causing players to wrongly assume they had won some money...

"But the concept of comparing negative numbers proved too difficult for some Camelot received dozens of complaints on the first day from players who could not understand how, for example, -5 is higher than -6."

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1022757_cool_cash_card_confusion

Look Ma, My DS Made Me Smarter!

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 11:24:31 GMT

A study using the DS "Brain Training" game shows positive results towards pupil maths test scores.

http://kotaku.com/gaming/academics/look-ma-my-ds-made-me-

Dynamic periodic table

Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:02:59 GMT

An interesting interactive periodic table. Clicking on each element pops up the associated Wikipedia article, and the table can be coloured based on various properties, states and so on.

http://www.dayah.com/periodic/?lang=en_gb

Why is it...

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 09:25:42 GMT

That my name is wrong on every county site?

EDIT: It seems the "Account settings" button in the top right solves this!