Cellular Automata in Google Sheets

I’ve been exploring binary with Year 8s and thought they might like to have a look at the weird world of Cellular Automata.

There are lots of resources out there but I couldn’t find one that helped them create their own easily.

So I made this in Google Sheets.

It’s pretty simplistic but essentially there are 2 steps.

Step 1) Students make their “God Rules”

Step 2) Students look at the results tab and see how different seedings create different patterns

Hope it’s helpful.

[Header image: Hexagonal Generative Art 2016-12-24 By Charlotte Dann. At http://codepen.io/pouretrebelle/post/hexagons]