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I’m excited to share with you my latest Family Math Night Collaborative Project: Space Invaders. Here’s a photo of the final result. (There are actually 3 aliens to choose from in the lesson plan. This is alien #1).<\/p>\n

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Here’s some of the background information I include in the lesson plan:<\/p>\n

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In 1978, Tomohiro Nishikado, a Japanese video game developer, released his video game Space Invaders. It was such a popular game that it helped catapult video gaming into a global industry. The pixelated aliens in the game became a popular icon.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Computer graphics have come a long way in the last decade and look much more sophisticated today than they did back in 1978. But back when graphics were first being designed on computers, they had a “boxy” look. That’s because the screen displays (screen resolutions) were not as good as they are today.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note: For the purpose of this activity, each pixel does not need to be represented by a single color.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Some of you may know that I always put together a video of my collaborative projects describing in detail how to do the activity and offering additional tips. \u00a0I’ve included the video below for you.<\/p>\n

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If you’re not familiar with my Family Math Night Collaborative Projects,\u00a0take a peek<\/a>\u00a0at some of the previous ones I’ve done. \u00a0I include one of these projects at each of my Family Math Night events and leave it behind as a “gift” to the school for inviting me to host an event. \u00a0They’re often one of the most popular stations at the event.<\/p>\n
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I\u2019m excited to share with you my latest Family Math Night Collaborative Project: Space Invaders. Here\u2019s a photo of the final result. (There are actually 3 aliens to choose from in the lesson plan. This is alien #1).<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s some of the background information I include in the lesson plan:<\/b>
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\nIn 1978, Tomohiro Nishikado, a Japanese video game developer, released his video game Space Invaders. It was such a popular game that it helped catapult video gaming into a global industry. The pixelated aliens in the game became a popular icon.<\/p>\n

Pixels are small single-colored squares that make up images in computer graphics. These pixels are displayed as a bitmap, a rectangular matrix of dots. These pixels, sometimes called dots, are each assigned a specific color and are arranged along the horizontal axis (x-coordinate) and vertical axis (y-coordinate) of the matrix.
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