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= Game of Life (Easy) =

Background
Golly is a program based off the ideas of John Conway. This program is used to model cellular automaton, which gives cells a simple rule for replication and destruction. Conway's rule states that each empty cell with exactly three neighbors will be born and each active cell with exactly two or three neighbors will continue to survive. This means active cells with one, four, or no neighbors will die by overpopulation or loneliness.

Introduction
This experiment will focus on working with Golly and exploring different patterns of cellular automaton. Student should build patterns to test and investigate how different rules affect the same patterns. Also, student will observe how symmetrical and asymmetric patterns behave. Some patterns will create a still life or oscillate. How does generation (time) and population size affect pattern behavior?

Procedure
1. Download Golly: this is available on IOS for Ipad, Google Play, Mac, and PC.

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