How about starting by creating procedures for the small and large
triangles?
to smtri
REPEAT 3 [FD 20 RT 120]
end
to lgtri
REPEAT 3 [FD 100 RT 120]
end
Then you might create a procedure for the part of the patternmade
from the large triangles:
to star
LT 30 REPEAT 6 [lgtri RT 150 PU FD
20 PD LT 90]
end
What is the "LT 30" for at the start of this procedure?
What is happening between each triangle being drawn?
Now you could produce the part of the design created from the small
triangles.
Finally, put the two patterns together.
Of course there are other ways of doing this. You could create a
procedure comprising the basic unit of one large and two small
triangles and then repeat this six times.
The main point is that working on small 'modules' at a time means
you can test things out before moving on. It also helps you to
think about how the problem can be tackled by considering smaller
tasks to complete.
If you have time:
Think carefully about the procedure below. It involves
a technique called recursion and builds up a particular pleasing
pattern of squares. There are many later LOGO
Challenges that introduce and develop this idea further: