diff --git a/src/Traversal.java b/src/Traversal.java
index 8da0f79..9c2dfeb 100644
--- a/src/Traversal.java
+++ b/src/Traversal.java
@@ -1,5 +1,204 @@
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Queue;
+import java.util.Stack;
+
 public class Traversal {
+
   public static void main(String[] args) {
+    TreeNode<Integer> root = new TreeNode<Integer>(10, null, null);
+    
+    root.left = new TreeNode<Integer>(9, null, null);
+    root.left.left = new TreeNode<Integer>(5, null, null);
+    root.left.right = new TreeNode<Integer>(2, null, null);
+
+    root.right = new TreeNode<Integer>(15, null, null);
+    root.right.left = new TreeNode<Integer>(-3, null, null);
+    
+    root.right.right = new TreeNode<Integer>(5, null, null);
+    root.right.right.right = new TreeNode<Integer>(22, null, null);
+
+
+    TreeNode<String> stringRoot =  new TreeNode<String>("Root", null, null);
+    stringRoot.left = new TreeNode<String>("dog", null, null);
+    stringRoot.left.left = new TreeNode<String>("dog", null, null);
+    stringRoot.left.right = new TreeNode<String>("cat", null, null);
+
+    stringRoot.right = new TreeNode<String>("house", null, null);
+    stringRoot.right.left = new TreeNode<String>("hello", null, null);
+    
+    stringRoot.right.right = new TreeNode<String>("goodbye", null, null);
+    stringRoot.right.right.right = new TreeNode<String>("bonito flakes", null, null);
+
+    TreeNode<Integer> megaRoot = new TreeNode<Integer>(1, null, null);
+
+    TreeNode<Integer> current = megaRoot;
+
+    for(int i = 2; i <= 50000; i++){
+      current.right = new TreeNode<Integer>(i, null, null);
+      current = current.right;
+
+    }
+
+    // System.out.println("preorder recursive");
+    // preOrder(root);
+    // postOrder(root);
+    // inOrder(root);
+
+
+    // inOrder(stringRoot);
+
+    // printGreater(root, 4);
+
+
+    // System.out.println(countNodes(root));
+
+    
+
+    // System.out.println(toMap(stringRoot));
+
+    // preOrder(megaRoot); 
+    // System.out.println("preorder iterator");
+    // preOrderIter(root);
+    // preOrderIter(megaRoot);
+    levelOrder(root);
+  }
+
+// preorder travel using loops/iterations 
+  public static <T> void preOrderIter(TreeNode<T> node){
+    Stack<TreeNode<T>> stack = new Stack<>();
+    if(node == null) return;
+    stack.push(node);
+    
+    
+    while(!stack.isEmpty()){
+      TreeNode<T> current = stack.pop();
+
+      if(current == null ) continue;
+
+      System.out.println(current.value);
+      
+      stack.push(current.right);
+      stack.push(current.left);
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+
+ // print a tree rooted at the given node in pre-order
+  public static void preOrder(TreeNode<?> node){
+   
+    // if null, return
+    if(node == null){
+      return;
+    }
+    // print value
+    System.out.println(node.value);
+    // taverse left
+    preOrder(node.left);
+    // traverse right 
+    preOrder(node.right);
+  }
+
+    public static <T> void levelOrder(TreeNode<T> node){
+    Queue<TreeNode<T>> queue = new LinkedList<>();
+    if(node == null) return;
+    queue.add(node);
+    
+    
+    while(!queue.isEmpty()){
+      TreeNode<T> current = queue.poll();
+
+      if(current == null ) continue;
+
+      System.out.println(current.value);
+      
+      queue.add(current.left);
+      queue.add(current.right);
+      
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+
+  public static <T> void postOrder(TreeNode<T> node){
+    // if null, return
+    if(node == null){
+      return;
+    }
+    // taverse left
+    postOrder(node.left);
+    // traverse right 
+    postOrder(node.right);
+    // print value
+    System.out.println(node.value);
+  }
+
+  public static <E> void inOrder(TreeNode<E> node){
+    // if null, return
+    if(node == null){
+      return;
+    }
+    // taverse left
+    inOrder(node.left);
+    // print value
+    System.out.println(node.value);
+  
+    // traverse right 
+    inOrder(node.right);
+  }
+
+  public static void printGreater(TreeNode<Integer> node, int n){
+    if(node == null){
+      return;
+    }
+    if(node.value > n){
+    System.out.println(node.value);
+    }
+    printGreater(node.left, n);
+    printGreater(node.right, n);
+  };
+
+  
 
+  public static int countNodes(TreeNode<?> node){
+    //leftCount = count nodes on left
+    //rightCount = count nodes on right
+    //overallCount = leftCount + rightCount
+
+    if(node == null) return 0;
+    return countNodes(node.left) + countNodes(node.right) + 1;
+
+    // return node == null ? 0 : countNodes(node.left) + countNodes(node.right) + 1;
+
+  //  int leftCount = countNodes(node.left);
+  //  int rightCount = countNodes(node.right);
+
+  //  int overallCount = leftCount + rightCount + 1;
+
+  //   return overallCount;
+  }
+
+
+  public static <T> Map<T, Integer> toMap(TreeNode<T> node){
+    Map<T, Integer> counts = new HashMap<>();
+    toMap(node,counts);
+    return counts;
   }
+
+  private static <T> void toMap(TreeNode <T> node, Map<T, Integer> counts){
+   
+   if(node == null) return;
+
+   //fill up those counts
+   counts.put(node.value , counts.getOrDefault(node.value, 0) + 1 );
+   toMap(node.left, counts);
+   toMap(node.right, counts);
+
+
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/TreeNode.java b/src/TreeNode.java
index acd9639..54bec9b 100644
--- a/src/TreeNode.java
+++ b/src/TreeNode.java
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-public class TreeNode {
 
+public class TreeNode<T> {
+    public T value;
+    public TreeNode<T> left;
+    public TreeNode<T> right;
+    
+
+    public TreeNode(T value, TreeNode<T> left, TreeNode<T> right){
+        this.value = value;
+        this.left = left;
+        this.right = right;
+    }
   
 }
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