Y6 LOGO project

Nov 142021
 

Aim of project

Wrte a program in LOGO that draws a picture including different shapes, colours and using procedures, variables and as many different LOGO commands as you can.

Stage 1 LF: Use LOGO commands

Create a  test LOGO project – include as many of these commands as possible

  • Lines = fd 50 or bk 50
  • Turns = rt 90 or lt 90 (or other angles)
  • Circles = circle 50
  • Arcs = arc 30 270 (draws part of (270 degrees of) a circle of size 50) 
  • Squares = repeat 4 [fd 50 rt 90]
  • Shapes =  repeat ? [fd 50 rt 360/?] (/ means divide; ? means number of sides)
  • Stars = repeat ? [fd 50 rt 360 /? -180] same as shapes but change the angles; ? bigger than 8
  • Colours = colour “blue
  • Moving to different parts of the page without drawing = pu setxy 100 100 pd
  • Shading = fill (fills the area you are in with the current colour)
  • Pen thickness = setpensize 5
  • Procedures = to newthing …instructions… end
  • Make/change  variables = make  “length 50
  • Use variables = fd :length
  • Increase variables = make “length :length + 1

See these posts for more ideas and techniques:

LOGO example files

TIPS

  • Start with reset
  • Click play button  after every instruction 

Stage 2 LF: Draw a picture in j2e5

  • Start a new j2e5 page
  • Draw a picture using different shapes and colours that you think you could code in LOGO – challenge yourself!
  • Arcs can be drawn in j2e6 with the pair of compasses tool
    • Click this  then this
  • You culd draw a house, cityscape, robot, car or vehicle,
  • Include repeated elements, eg windoes, buttons, fence posts….which you could use procedures to draw.

Stage 3 LF: Code your pictue in LOGO one part at a time

  1. Start with:  reset
  2. Choose a small part of your picture and create the code to draw it
  3. When you are happy with your code, make it into a procedure by putting inside TO window …… END
  4. Tip: starting your procedure with “home” makes sure the arrow is pointing up to start with
  5. Now move onto another part of your picture.
  6. Put your picture parts together by using setxy 100 100 followed by the procedure name.

Y3456 Taking part in Bebras composition

Nov 082021
 

Typing – improve accuracy

  • 5 minutes typing with the box

Bebras – develop CT skills

    • Sign in and complete the competition

j2LOGO

Year 3

  • Go to j2launch – j2code – LOGO
  • Can you draw 3 separate letters using the arrows?

Year 5 and 6

  • Complete the shared maze file LOGO maze 1
  • In JIT paint, create your own pathway and save
  • Insert into j2LOGO and code your way along the path

Year 4

  • Continue with your Roman border: instructions page
  • Finished?  Can you create a second border inside like this?

 

Y6T1 Africa book covers

Oct 182021
 

Create your own Africa book cover

  • Now it’s your turn to be creative using what you have learned:
    • Choose a topic about Africa, eg wildlife, music, people, food, or something more specific eg a particular area The Sahara Desert, tribe, country, animal
    • Give it a title
    • Create a book cover for your book – use what you have learned about book cover designs from the examples.  Who is it designed for?  How does your design fit your reader?
    • ** Create the spine and back cover too – what features do these need?

W4 Fonts

Type some text

  • Click on transparent mode  select text and copy (ctrl-c)
  • In j2e5, paste (ctrl-v)
  • Shift-drag to resize

W3  Decomposition, detail and pngs

DECOMPOSITION: breaking a problem down into smaller parts (that are easier to solve)

  • Do one page element at a time
  • Build images from shapes
  • Keyword search for images

DETAIL: involves being resilient

  • ZOOM 200% or 400% in bottom right of page
  • TRACE objects then move them over

PNGS: images with transparent backgrounds

W2  Flip an image

  • Drag image onto j2e5 page – this adds it to your images
  • Go to JIT5 paint – blank
  • Click on “Animals” then my pictures (Blobby person)
  • Click on image to make it a stamp
  • Make it as big as the page  with the +
  • Flip with the arrows <–>
  • Click on the page to stamp the image on it
  • Click “save a image” (top right of page) – this will add this flipped image to your pictures
  • Go back to j2e5
  • Pictures,  drag your new picture onto the page.

W2  Mask an image

  • Select an image on your page
  • At the top right, click rectangle and explore different shapes
  • Once you have chosen a shape, you can drag it bigger,  smaller,  wider etc
  • OR
  • Draw shapes to mask an image then make them white
  • Group the image and the white shapes to keep them together

W1 Find pictures

  • Use several key words to search,  eg elephant sunset tree water silhouette
  • Don’t keep scrolling – if you haven’t found it after 2/3 screens,  try different key words
  • Use “similar images” in Google image search to get close to your image

 

 

Y5 Be thinkers, be resilient

Oct 112021
 

Try to work through these tasks independently – don’t forget to use your plastic hands if you are stuck -then carry on!  You might unstick yourself…

  • Read instructions carefully
  • Keep coming back to the blog
  • Use plastic hands and carry on
  • When you’re stuch, try something
  • Hard is good!
  1. Please complete this PE survey
  2. 5 minutes typing with the box
  3. This week is Dyslexia Awareness week. Visit this post and explore the different settings for making reading easier on your Chromebook.
  4. Stormbreaker book cover – can you use the instructions to get the pictures for your book cover?

Y5T1 Book covers – text and transparent images

Oct 062021
 

Transparent images

  1. Alex Rider silhouette
    1. Search for a picture of Alex Rider silhouetter
    2. Drag to your j2e5 book cover page
    3. Go to JIT5 – Paint – choose transparent background (last one)
    4. Find “my picures”, click on Alex Rider picture
    5. Click + to make it bigger
    6. Click on the page to stamp it on
    7. Choose the fill tool (bucket) and choose the eraser
    8. Click on the white and it should remove the background
    9. “Save a image”
    10. In j2e5 go to pictures and drag Alex Rider onto the page
  2. Sphere with triangles
    1. Search to find black sphere with white background
    2. RH click and “Copy image”
    3. Go to https://onlinepngtools.com/create-transparent-png
    4. Hover on left box then CTRL-V
    5. Save as, download picture
    6. Go to https://pinetools.com/invert-image-colors
    7. Choose file – Google Drive
    8. Click png to save – “copy to clipboard” – in j2e5 Ctrl v to paste

Y4T1 Crop image, squash font

Oct 042021
 

1 Crop image

  • Drag the middle-of-the-sides blue squares to crop the picture
  • Make the picture transparent to line up the cathedral spire

2 Squash text

 

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