A 20-minute classroom worksheet
Count neighbours, predict births and deaths, then test a blinker and a glider.
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Learn Life by predicting, running and checking
Start with a neighbour count you can do by hand. Then implement the same rule and compare the result with an experiment.
Implement Game of Life in JavaScript
Build an unbounded Game of Life update in JavaScript using Sets and neighbour counts. Copy a runnable example and verify the blinker in two steps.
Open resourceImplement Game of Life in Python
Build an unbounded Game of Life update in Python with sets and Counter. Run a complete example, inspect simultaneous updates and check a period-2 blinker.
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Use a reproducible dataset to distinguish an observation from a proof of recurrence.
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