1. 2-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR AUTOMATA The Computational Universe 2006 NKS Conference Michael Round USA Director: Theory of Constraints for Education

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

3. INTUITIVE UNDERSTANDING of RULES … demonstrating Intrinsic Beauty

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

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

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

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

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

17. 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.