This week’s Weekend Assignment is to learn something new about Maps. When was the first map created, what were maps used for, and what do modern day maps look like? These are a few avenues that you could explore. But before you start your weekend going on a map quest let’s explore the last Weekend […]
Let’s explore last week’s theme of Math. The word Mathematics comes from the Greek μάθημα (máthēma), which in ancient Greek means “that which is learnt”. The basics of math, counting, can be traced to prehistoric peoples, but more complex math did not appear until 3000 BC with the Babylonians and the Ancient Egyptians. The most […]
What did we learn from last weekend’s assignment on travel? Let us begin at the beginning with the migration of Homo Sapiens (that’s us) from Africa through to Eurasia around 70,000 years ago. By 40,000 years BCE humanity expanded to Australia, Asia and Europe. After that, around 20,000 to 15,000 years ago, humanity migrated to […]
Let’s explore what was learned from the last Weekend Assignment’s theme, communication. Around 196 BC a congress of priests gathered in Memphis, Egypt to inscribe a stele (stone slab) with the decree of their new king, Ptolemy V. This Memphis decree was later unearthed by the French Expeditionary army, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1799. […]
What is the first thing you think of when you hear App? Last weekend the assignment was to learn something new about Apps. Here is what I learned. The first thing I think about when I hear App is a mobile application, but application software is any ‘computer program designed to perform a group of […]