alice-teacher Alice & Math?

[Ella Glazer]

I have  used a cow walking toward (and through) a bush.  Then we discuss how
to compute the distance and using variables.  of course, in Alice the cow
then walks to the center of the bush so we talk about subtracting width and
measuring from the absolute center.

On another note, we are now running a 64 bit system and Alice will not load
at all.  I may have to switch to another language.  Any suggestions?

On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:30 PM, Tony Bowes
<tony-bowes at stlukes.qld.edu.au>wrote:

> I'm using Alice for my Year 8's, an also teach some of them for year 8
> Maths. I have found a good deal of crossover when discussing variables in
> Alice and comparing them to unknowns in early Algebra. Maybe only 1/2 a
> lesson discussion per student though, followed by a lesson or two of
> designing worlds utilising variables. Most of the lessons are self-paced.
>
> Tony Bowes
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:51 AM, Shannon Campe <shannonc at etr.org> wrote:
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