At the workshop, Uncle Norm is a frustrated artist who is trying to teach the Inventonator simple animation, in the hopes of bringing to life their math-tastic adventures in a cartoon called “Rad Stuff”. The kids visit an animator to learn about a grid technique that will help anyone learn to draw anything – even Uncle Norm!

The Gist: Grids are used in mathematics to chart information. Artists use grids to recreate images and produce artwork in correct proportion. In the curriculum, children are introduced to the coordinate grid system and the “code” for locating specific squares or objects on the grid e.g., (2,C) (8,B) (4,D) and so on.