Video Games Are The Perfect Way To Teach Math, Says Stanford Mathematician Forbes That is not to say that everyone who plays will walk away having learned a multiplicity of skills, but rather that the game offers puzzles that work on multiple levels. Therefore, players are able to practice and develop math skills and comprehension ... |
By observing the smaller animated #gif on your right, you may fall under the impression that all of the dots rotate together, simultaneously forming a spinning circle as they move along. But look what happens when we map their trajectories, and make their paths visible!
As you can see, (as can be seen from the animated solution below )- it turns out each dot moves independently, up and down along a straight line. I presume the toughest part (for the unknown author) was to get them all synched-up, forming a perfect circle as they move. It’s a really nice optical illusion, one that greatly reminds me of our recent “Circling Flower“. What do you think? Is it effective?
