2-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR AUTOMATA The Computational Universe 2006 NKS Conference Michael Round USA Director: Theory of Constraints for Education

INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING of RULES A Necessary Condition for NKS-Excellence …

INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING of RULES … demonstrating Intrinsic Beauty

INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING of 2-D CA RULES as PROCESSES Seeing the Rule from Decimal to Binary

INTEGRATING PHYSICAL SCIENCE into 2d-CA The Nature of the Water Molecule

INTEGRATING PHYSICAL SCIENCE into 2d-CA A Classification System of the Operation of Water Molecules in a System

INTEGRATING PHYSICAL SCIENCE into 2d-CA The Operation of Water Molecules in a System

INTEGRATING PHYSICAL SCIENCE into 2d-CA Integrating Computation into the Understanding of a System

DESIRABLE EFFECTS on IMPLEMENTATION Joy in Learning of the Computational Universe Rules and processes are easily and intuitively understood. K-12 kids will enjoy computational experimentation. There is integration of science and the world in these materials. The K-12 learning environment can think of the world computationally.