Loop De Loops (Recursive Art)
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Recursion in computer science is a way to accomplish something by repeating the same set of steps until a condition has been achieved. In this case, the students will start at a point, draw a line moving forward a number of steps, turn right 90° and repeat the move/turn steps until they return to the starting point.
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Lesson plan
This lesson takes at least 30 minutes but can extend to several hours depending on the art making and exploration of the interactive site.
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Worksheet
This page guides students through understanding the process before trying it using their name or a word to generate the number pattern. See the video tutorials below.
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Interactive site
This webpage starts with a tutorial and then allows students to enter their own values which greatly speeds up the process of seeing the patterns.
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Video Tutorials
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Part 1: Graph 1, 2, 3
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Part 2: Graph 2, 3, 4
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Part 3: Graph 1, 2, 3, 4
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Part 4: Interactive Site
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