LOGO challenge - pentagram pylons
Pentagram Pylons - can you elegantly recreate them? Or, the European flag in LOGO - what poses the greater problem?
Age
11 to 18
Challenge level
Problem
The challenges are:
to program ELEGANTLY the drawing of the 'Power of Pentagram Pylons', as suggested by an "NRICHer" in response to some of the other LOGO Challenges on the site.
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- to program ELEGANTLY the drawing of the European Union flag, part of which is reproduced to remind you of the main themes therein.
N.B. the primitivesSETPC< number>andSETBG < number>SETFLOODCOLOUR < number> andFILL
might prove useful!Image
Teachers' Resources
Where to start?
With a large pentagram getting smaller - or a smaller one getting larger...
and
What is the relationships in the sizes?
With the flag the challenge is to colour things in and not lose track of where you are (not so difficult if you are already in the EU - I suppose!)