Design a flag with Pencil Code
Design your own Australian flag by firstly examining common elements of flags, creating a step by step process (algorithm) to program your design after exploring a ‘block-based’ turtle drawing program such as Pencil Code.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
ACTDIP020
Implement digital solutions as simple visual programs involving branching, iteration (repetition), and user input |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | other programming languages |
| Keywords | Pencil code, Shapes, Flags, Programming, Coding, Turtle program |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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