[Edu] Math and Science Fluxx Ideas

[Kimberly Terrill]

Neat Ideas!!!

--Kimberly


On 9/18/07, Scott Sulzer <ssulzer at uidaho.edu> wrote:
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>  Hello All,
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> I had some ideas for more classroom themed Fluxx variants and thought I
> would put them out here.  They both need work, one more so than the other,
> but they are a start, I'm hoping to solicit some help.
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> First, Math/Geometry Fluxx:
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> Keepers:
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> Square
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> Circle
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> Triangle
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> []^3(cubed)
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> Goals:              Keepers required:
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> Cylinder            Square, Circle
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> Cone                Triangle, Circle
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> Pyramid            Square, Triangle
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> Sphere             Circle, []^3
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> Cube                Square, []^3
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> Tetrahedron       Triangle, []^3
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> I would like to expand this one more, adding elements to include more
> formulas, i.e. representations of the sides and angles as keepers and
> maybe having things like sine, cosine and tangent as goals, also maybe
> allowing for Pythagoras's theorem as a goal.  I had thought of having two
> of each of the shapes, and combining them to get the sphere, cube and
> tetrahedron, but I thought that it could very easily allow two people to win
> at the same time. (two people have a circle and triangle and the cone comes
> into play).
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> Next, the one I need more help with, Simple Machines Fluxx:
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> Keepers:
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> Lever
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> Pulley
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> Wheel and Axle
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> Wedge
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> Inclined Plane
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> Screw
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> Goals:              Keepers required:
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> Wheelbarrow     Lever, Wheel and Axle
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> Axe                  Lever, Wedge
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> Jack (screw)     Lever, Screw
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> Crane               Lever, Pulley
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> As you can see, I need more complex machines for goals.
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> In any case, after seeing the Music Fluxx deck, I thought some other topic
> specific decks could be formulated to help in the classroom.
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> Scott Sulzer
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