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The final challenge of 2013 is part puzzle, part story, and part game! An evil wizard has locked the princess in the dungeon. Luckily, she had a hairpin, and used it to pick the lock and escape from her cell.  Now, she’s trying to make her way out of the dungeon. (See a static map […]

In front of you appears a 5×5 grid of cells. When you reach out and touch a cell, it toggles itself along with its adjacent cells (above, below, right, and left). The cells toggle through 3 states: off, red, and green. So, if you touched cell C3 three times, it would look like this: Here’s […]

Here is a grid of X’s and O’s. (Why is it here? There is no elaborate backstory. It simply is.) Now, let’s draw a path on top of it. When you draw the path, something curious happens.  As you move from one box to the next box, the X’s and O’s switch spots. So, as […]

Although the ATDP office is located in University Hall, your handy dandy counselors will be stationed conveniently in 4320 Tolman Hall, near many of our Secondary Division classes. The counselors can be reached by phone at (510) 643-4898, and students are always welcome to drop by the counseling office. Christine Gerchow and Jesse Erwin are […]

Congratulations to those students who are now approaching the final stretch of Secondary Division! Your hard work will be recognized via a Final Evaluation. See below for details. Q: When will I receive my final grade? A: Final evaluations, each including a grade and a narrative report, will be mailed to the student’s home address […]