LOGO PROGRAMING

Welcome

wHY prOGRAMING FOR sMALL cHILDREN

 Logo is an introduction to computer programming.  It's abstract and  explains programing through movement which children can easily understand. 

A small triangle can be imagined as a turtle needing directions to get around. From simple direction of forward, backward and turns all children can be successful in creating simple objects. But more than this Logo is a powerful language that allow recursion, imbedded ideas, and makes mathematical constructs easier to understand,

	Logo the Turtle An online interactive version Enter any of the following commands into the black space below the logo window:
"Powerful ideas in mind-sized bites" Seymour Papert
	FD x - Go Forward x pixels BK x - Go Back x pixels RT x - Turn Right x degrees LT x - Turn Left x degrees	PU - Pen Up PD - Pen Down CL - Clear Screen H - Reset Turtle Location	REPEAT n [XX x YY y]   n - number of repeats   XX - command 1 (FD or BK)   x - command 1 parameter   YY - command 2 (RT or LT)   y - command 2 parameter

USING RECURRSION

Try Some of these

• Square: REPEAT 4 [FD 100 RT 90]
• Circle: REPEAT 90 [FD 10 RT 4]
• Octagon: REPEAT 8 [FD 50 RT 45]
• Star: REPEAT 5 [FD 100 RT 144]

The Cute Turtle

pencolor red

fd

bk

rt

lt

http://www.mathplayground.com/mathprogramming.html

Logo Lessons can be Found at the site below

http://library.thinkquest.org/18446/

This page has a practice area at the bottom

http://library.thinkquest.org/18446/

Here is the Link to download a Java Applet for Logo

http://library.thinkquest.org/18446/download/winlogo.zip