tony has a demo of one of the shapes in turtle art on his blog: http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2009/09/turtleart-shapes.html
On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:52 PM, Costello, Rob R < [email protected]> wrote: > yes, i had success using that sheet as well Bill ... > > here's a quick demo i did of scratch in action - emerged out of lesson - i > talked through a simple square for a couple of minutes; asked the students > how i would make it triangle - a year 8 girl suggested the approach; which > we then generalised to any number of sides > > http://www.thinkingcurriculum.com/kittyAngles/kittyAngles.html > > students were off trying to build the shapes, or coming up with new ones > ...some seem to find their niche with this > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] on behalf of Bill Kerr > Sent: Mon 8/31/2009 9:19 PM > To: iaep > Subject: [IAEP] 40 maths shapes challenges > > Image attached > Forty shapes to make in Scratch <http://scratch.mit.edu/> or some other > version of logo, such as Turtle > Art<http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Turtle_Art>. > It's hard to see the thumbnail but click on it for a larger view. > > This is one of the best sheets ever for teaching maths (designed by Barry > Newell): > > - the logo turtle or scratch cat acts as a transitional object between > the concrete maths shape and the abstraction of the script that makes > the > shape > - the sheet includes both simple and complex shapes, increasing in order > of complexity, there is a challenge there for everyone > - many of the more complex shapes are made up of combinations of the > simpler shapes > > Source: Barry Newell's Turtle Confusion (1988) > > *Important - *This email and any attachments may be confidential. If > received in error, please contact us and delete all copies. Before opening > or using attachments check them for viruses and defects. Regardless of any > loss, damage or consequence, whether caused by the negligence of the sender > or not, resulting directly or indirectly from the use of any attached files > our liability is limited to resupplying any affected attachments. Any > representations or opinions expressed are those of the individual sender, > and not necessarily those of the Department of Education and Early Childhood > Development. >
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