The Right Conditions
You may think this post will be about optimal learning and/or teaching conditions. If so, think again. I am geeking out in this post to share an activity my 5th grade students have been working on with conditional formatting in Google Sheets. Full disclosure: Before I started my teaching career, I spent several years programming databases and I LOVED IT! (most of the time) Recently, my students and I have come across various activities and puzzles in Digital Breakouts that relied on a variety of conditional formatting and functions. The students were intrigued and I was pretty sure my database background would reveal the "magic" going on behind the scenes. After a little digging, I was able to figure out the process digital breakout creators were using and began developing ideas for helping my students learn the process too. We have been working on learning to solve the Rubik's cube. We've also been creating mosaic designs that can be created with the cubes. I...