Kim, Stuck again! I'm working on a little project which has to do with exploring patterns in nature. It's based on a terrific book I found in the library(Patterns in Nature by Peter Stevens). Initially, I want kids to be able to explore the various ways of connecting the dots you see below. They've got to connect all the dots (using Arrowhead) so that they all link up with the center dot and any two dots connect along only one path. It turns out that there are various ways of accomplishing this and the different patterns that are created have different geometrical attributes. I had the opportunity to work with a (5th grade) class yesterday on this project and the results were interesting...kids were fascinated and most seemed really engaged. What I'd like to do next is somehow have multiple copies of the pattern of dots appear so that kids could have more than one attempt at connecting the dots without erasing previous versions. I've tried putting a (transparent) book on top of the pattern, but that doesn't allow me to have different versions on each page. I'll even settle for being able to capture each version (as an exported graphic) but that doesn't seem to work either. If I export the playfield that I'm using below the pattern of dots isn't captured! Any ideas/suggestions?
Phil
