======DOTSY: A game of luck and logic======

Some students will be familiar with a game called Yahtzee.  This activity involves a variety of game structures that will teach students the concepts of formal logic, which is founded on the concepts of AND, OR and NOT.  Using a simple roll of the dice, students are asked whether they got a "good roll" based on the conditions they were looking for.
=== Latest Versions ===
| [[dotsy-circuits|Dotsy: Logic and Circuits]] | [[https://www.scienceoftech.net/inf/automation-dotsy.html|{{ ::interactives:automation-dotsy.png?nolink&200 }}]] | Can you predict the results of these automated circuits? Switches and sensors can be arranged into electrical circuits that automate basic decision-making. |
| [[dotsy-tic-tac-toe|Automation (Dotsy) (Tic-Tac-Toe)]] | [[https://www.scienceoftech.net/inf/automation-dotsy-tic-tac-toe.html|{{ ::interactives:automation-dotsy-tic-tac-toe.png?nolink&200 |}}]] | Have you ever played Yahtzee with dice? See if you can use the tools of formal logic in the spirit of Yahtzee to win a game of Tic-Tac-Toe. |



=== Early Fragments ===
Simple Dotsy: Give each student a card (or set of cards) with a set of conditions on it.  Roll the virtual dice at this link and ask them to keep track of which cards had their conditions met by the roll.  https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyDL.html

These pages can be used to introduce students to AND, OR and NOT logic.  They set up conditions for a "good roll", roll some virtual dice, and ask students if it is a "good roll".  Then you can reveal the right answer to see if they were correct.
    * https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyAND.html
    * https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyOR.html
    * https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyANDOR.html
    * https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyANDNOT.html
    * https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyORNOT.html

These pages might be useful for certain situations.  Feel free to explore!
    * https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/DotsyDL.html
      * Keeps track of how many rolls it took to get a "good roll".
    * Three Dice Roller: https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/Dotsy3.html
    * Five Dice Roller: https://www.scienceoftech.net/Dotsy/Dotsy5.html
      * Asks if the roll is a good "AND" roll, or a good "OR" roll

The following document can be used to guide students through DOTSY logic, and introduce them to Friendship Logic.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OkIGzuX5GamLM_dLTA5k9vt_iAEs4vNh7Wp18k0w9lY/edit?usp=sharing