How to play
- Choose a grid size and starting pattern.
- Set live cells or load a known formation.
- Predict how the pattern will change.
- Run the simulation and compare the result with the prediction.
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Automata Lab
A sandbox-style Conway's Game of Life explorer for sequences, patterns, and logical rules. Set the grid size, then build a first generation or load a famous formation in immersive play.
SequencesPatternsLogicPrediction
Patterns and sequences
Build a living grid.
Choose a starting pattern, press play, and watch the grid change.
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Lab setup
Choose the grid size before launch. Starting cells and speed are set inside the immersive game.
Automata Lab guide
How Automata Lab supports maths practice
Automata Lab is a sandbox for Conway's Game of Life. Learners build a starting grid, predict what will happen, and watch simple rules create complex patterns.
Skills practised
- Patterns and sequences
- Logical rules
- Prediction and testing
- Cause and effect in systems
Teacher notes
- Good for enrichment, computing links, and mathematical thinking.
- Encourage pupils to write a prediction before pressing play.
- Use stable, growing, and repeating patterns to discuss rules and evidence.