Activity Description Run the classic game of life, learning about probabilities, chaos and simulation. This activity allows the user to run a randomly generated world or test out various patterns. This is a simple activity which runs directly in the Interactivate window.

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Life Lite

Place in mathematics curriculum:

This activity can be used to:

• demonstrate randomness
• motivate the ideas of chaos

This activity allows the user to simulate a game that imitates real life. This activity would work well in mixed ablilty groups of two to three for about twenty-five minutes if you use the exploration questions and ten minutes otherwise.

Preparations for this activity:

• give implicit directions on what they are to do. For example "Today we are going to experiment with chaos and try to answer the exploration questions..."
• answer the question "What are the rules of the Game of Life?"
• discuss chaos, randomness, etc.