Unit 4E: Modelling effects on screen
Children will already have had experience of using floor turtles and giving directions and instructions. Unit 4E builds on this and introduces Logo.
Logo can initially be very confusing and it is a good idea to relate what the children are expected to do to their previous experiences.
Access to floor turtles during the introduction is a good idea, comparing the instructions of the floor turtle with those used by the screen turtle might help.
Introduce the logo commands using shapes children already recognise, squares and rectangles.
A good place to start is by getting the children to plan out how they might get the screen turtle to draw out the initials of their name or the numbers of their age.
A presentation giving an overview of Unit 4E is also available.
Level 2
Level 4
QCA ICT 4E Maths Yr4 - Shape and Space, Angle & Rotation
Task:
Combining an ICT activity with work on angle of turn, children use a Logo program to create on screen crystal flowers. The flowers are created by repeatedly turning the prepared shapes through the same angle.
Task Resources
Maths Yr4 - Shape, Space & Angles PDF (404KB).
Shape Flowers PDF (156KB).
Short Preparation Task PDF (48KB).
Trail Square Terry file (4KB zip file).
Trail Triangle Terry file (4KB zip file).
More Example Files
There are a number of PDF files which you can download and use in order to give you some ideas:
- Remember Remember - Introducing the LOGO Activity
- Letters and Numbers - Drawing letters and number using LOGO commands
- Using Repeats - Drawing shapes using repeat commands
- Procedures - Creating basic procedures
- More Procedures - extension work, creating a house using procedures
- Patterns - Creating fun patterns using procedures and repeats
Level 3
Presentation
A PowerPoint presentation giving an overview of Unit 4E is also available. You should ensure you have the latest version of PowerPoint or Keynote in order to view this correctly as slides contain transparencies and may not be rendered correctly in earlier versions of PowerPoint.
A presentation containing movies and sound is available upon request.
Please contact Roger Young MSc (ISE), Cert Ed.
Managing Director
Kudlian Soft
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