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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.
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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.
These pages might be useful for certain situations. Feel free to explore!
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- 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
