{"id":6363,"date":"2016-04-15T14:53:52","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T21:53:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=6363"},"modified":"2023-10-27T03:23:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:23:41","slug":"learn-about-antimatter-from-andy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn about Antimatter from Andy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0e50c24f018\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #206be5;color:#206be5\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #206be5;color:#206be5\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a0e50c24f018\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/#Learn_about_Antimatter_from_Andy\" >Learn about Antimatter from Andy<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/#Andys_Introduction_to_Coding\" >Andy\u2019s Introduction to Coding<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/#Teaching_about_Antimatter\" >Teaching about Antimatter<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/#Math_Art_in_Tynker\" >Math Art in Tynker<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/#Whats_Next\" >What\u2019s Next?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/learn-about-antimatter-from-andy\/#Your_Child_Can_Code_Too\" >Your Child Can Code Too!<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Learn_about_Antimatter_from_Andy\"><\/span>Learn about Antimatter from Andy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Andy is a 4th grader in Minnesota. He\u2019s made some really advanced projects in Tynker and wants to be a programmer when he grows up. He loves coding and building electrical stuff, like a model robotic arm that he recently built.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Andys_Introduction_to_Coding\"><\/span>Andy\u2019s Introduction to Coding<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Andy learned about coding from his grandfather Eric, an electrical engineer. The first game they made together was using an industrial program called LabVIEW that Eric uses at work for testing. In the game, there are two buttons. When you click one button, the score goes up and when you click the other one, the score goes down. This means that two people can battle to see how fast they can click.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eric, they always felt that Andy had an aptitude for technology because of his curiosity and his interest in the tools Eric used at work: \u201cBefore he was actually programming it, he was just playing with [LabVIEW]. It\u2019s pretty much been most of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Teaching_about_Antimatter\"><\/span>Teaching about Antimatter<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Andy\u2019s school has a big assignment called \u201cGenius Hour\u201d where each student creates an in-depth report on a topic that interests them: \u201cYou take any topic and make a presentation about it, like solar panels or ocean life, and then you present it in class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For his project, Andy chose the topic of antimatter, an advanced physics topic. He learned about antimatter from Google Answers, CERN, and his grandfather. To present his research and teach others, he programmed a Tynker project. The project includes a lesson, a pop quiz, an antimatter simulation, movies, and games and involved an immense amount of code&#8211;over 1,000 lines! Andy says this is one of his favorite games he\u2019s built.<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=56be2c5b434a5cb10f8b459d&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Math_Art_in_Tynker\"><\/span>Math Art in Tynker<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Andy\u2019s grandmother Marjorie says Andy spends a lot of time coding: \u201cSometimes we have to take him away from it so he can do Math.\u201d But Andy\u2019s using math to make projects in Tynker as well, like his \u201c3D Shape\u201d program, which he says he created through experimentation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was just experimenting with making shapes, and then I thought, \u2018Woah, this looks like a 3D shape.\u2019 I was just looking at patterns and then all of a sudden, this looks like a cube. So then I tried to make a bigger cube and a bigger cube until I eventually came up with that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.6.0 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"\/ide\/embedded?p=566ae5b0436e69f81c8b459b&#038;controls=yes&#038;autostart=no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_Next\"><\/span>What\u2019s Next?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Andy plans to continue using Tynker to create games and projects because he says it\u2019s \u201cone of the most powerful block-based languages.\u201d He wants to learn how to use Tynker\u2019s network capabilities to connect to the Internet in his projects and be able to fetch data through that. Ultimately, he says this would allow him to build large, powerful programs that are similar to the App store.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019d like for Tynker to work on adding a feature that would allow multiple people to work on the same program at once, like Google Docs. This would allow for more collaboration between users and would let people build much more difficult and advanced projects by working in groups.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Your_Child_Can_Code_Too\"><\/span>Your Child Can Code Too!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Andy learned about programming from his grandfather Eric, but not all of us are lucky enough to be raised by a programmer. All kids can learn to program and build incredible projects. 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