Amazing Domino Rainbow Spiral

Happy Phun Phriday!  I bookmarked this a long time ago, and just re-discovered it.  For those of you new to the blog, I like to share random things on Fridays that usually have very little to do with education.  I suppose you could have your students do some math with this – or you can … Read more

Dominoes

For today’s Phun Phriday post, I have a couple of amazing videos created by people who have way more imagination, time, and dominoes than I do!  Both of these videos come courtesy of LaughingSquid.com.  Some dominoes sources are: Marbles, The Brain Store and Bulk Dominoes (recommended by Hevesh5, who created the 1st video). http://laughingsquid.com/22000-dominoes-fall-in-mind-bogglingly-elaborate-setup-by-hevesh5/   http://laughingsquid.com/37-elaborately-linked-setups-of-falling-dominoes-featuring-an-incredible-number-of-domino-rally-stunts/

Domino Chain Reaction

For today’s Fun Friday post, I am sharing a video I originally found on The Kid Should See This. I must admit that I’ve always found it fascinating to watch domino chain reactions, but never really thought about the physics involved. While I was grabbing the embed code for this video, I noticed quite a … Read more

Drawminos

Drawminos is a website that allows you to choose from some “Favorites”, allowing you to drop a ball, and to see the shape created by the toppled dominoes.  The part that I think will engage many students, though, is the “Create” part, in which you can design your own shape to be revealed once the ball … Read more