We choose the Egyptian Art lab.
Storyboard:
We will make something that can create rectangular art to input specifications
Logic:
We will use the ask block, the pen down & up blocks, and then move blocks to make our project.
Steps:
First we made a block that creates rectangles, and then we put it in the pinwheel code and modified that a bit. Next we put that modified code in a block that asked the user what values they wanted first. After that, we changed it so that you could choose how many sides you wanted in the shapes that made up your hieroglyph art. I also made a version that created a random assortment of art (press “s”), and made it rainbow. The main one has a different-looking pen shades throughout the shape, which I accidentally created but left in because I thought it looked cool.
Problems:
Re-purposing old code meant that old things that were designed for different code would still be in the code. This meant that we had to remove several things and re-code certain parts so it would work in our final project. For instance, at one point the code would create several shapes per side, which we did not want. Fortunately, it was a simple fix of taking out a for ___ loop.
SNAP:
AP Computer Science Principles 