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Week 03 · Pictures Are Tiny Dots

Explorer Quest

Explorer Quest: Family pixel picture
// Pixels make pictures
⏱ about 15 min

Explorer Quest: Family pixel picture

Rocket, Raven and Nova make a big picture.

Each paper square is one pixel.

Nova blinks, "What shape will appear?"

  1. Screen pictures are made of tiny spots.
  2. Each spot is a pixel.
  3. Screens mix red, green and blue light.
  4. A computer keeps pictures as data.
  5. Computers can copy, change and erase pictures.
◇ BIG PIXEL PICTURE
A grown-up cuts paper into squares.
Use two or three colors of paper.
Lay the squares in rows on the floor.
Make a shape, like a house.
Change three squares. What changed?
For a grown-up
A grown-up does all the cutting.
Ask: what did you notice up close?
Ask: what did you notice far away?
Say: screens have far more, much tinier pixels.
WEEK CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Each paper square is like a...
Change some squares. The picture...
QUEST CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Screens make colors with...
Pixel is short for...
Who cuts the paper squares?
Draw the big picture your family made.

What a colorful week!

Next week we sort things out.

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