Logo Foundation Papers

Cityscapes

by Laura Allen

How can a teacher develop a Logo project that is well connected to students' experiences? Based on observations of the surrounding New York City landscape, each sixth grade student wrote a program to draw a building. Using classmates' designs along with their own, the students created cityscapes. Because of the need to scale buildings to fit into a particular scene, the project also provided a good vehicle for learning about variables. 1993

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