BOWLING: This morning, CJ had a social studies class and Annabelle had art. His started a half hour before hers, so she and I killed 30 minutes on the track at the Queen Anne Bowl.
Annabelle and I found out that we can walk a quarter mile in four minutes at a leisurely pace. Then she decided to see how quickly a lap would go if she was running.
Can you spot her in the photo below?
Here, I've pointed her out with black arrow (which doesn't show up well, either, sorry!)
You can check it out here: http://spark.sciencemag.org/generalrelativity/?int-cmp=print-comic
The way to progress through the 'pages' can be a little tricky (scrolling down with your mouse or down key), but overall, super cool site!
STRINGY: We checked out a couple of lectures in our C# programming course this afternoon. Much of the talk was about strings, and how they're used when writing a program. We also got our grades back from our first week's assignment. The kids and I each got perfect marks. Hopefully, we can keep it up. It's only going to get harder and harder as the weeks progress.
PI TIME: The "Pi Day" of the century is almost upon us - 3.1415! Once again, the folks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have come up with some activities to celebrate the math-minded day.
Link to fun and games: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/education/index.cfm?page=430
GAMEY: Last night we played a few tabletop games, including the always-engaging Chrononauts.
As much as I enjoy the detail and strategy involved in the game, I don't think I'll ever quite get over having to sometimes root, in effect, for someone to be assassinated in order to get the win. though.
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