Pencil code program: Chaos game
The ‘chaos game’ is a way to see how patterns can result from certain random events. Use this program to run the ‘chaos game’, randomly moving the turtle to create a pattern (for more information, search 'chaos game’). Have students analyze or fill in or change parts of the pencil code program.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Web page |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8P05
Design algorithms involving nested control structures and represent them using flowcharts and pseudocode
AC9TDI8P06
Trace algorithms to predict output for a given input and to identify errors
AC9TDI8P09
Implement, modify and debug programs involving control structures and functions in a general-purpose programming language |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | other programming languages |
| Keywords | Pencil Code, Programming, Chaos, Chaos game, patterns, random, random events, analysis, code, pattern recognition, abstraction, function, functions, functionality, Computational thinking, Logo, Turtle, Text programming, Algorithms, Geometry, Google, Google for Education, Education, GoogleCT |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Mathematics |
| Organisation | ESA |
| Copyright | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0, unless otherwise indicated. |
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