The first of Peter the Magician's Puzzle Activities.
Can be regarded as a pre-turtle exploration.
A simple pattern has to be created with only 5 numbers.
Pattern complexity increases with success.
| Version | 26 |
|---|---|
| Works with | Sugar: 0.96 – 0.100 |
| Updated | June 25, 2014 |
| Developer | mulawa1 |
| Rating | Rated 5 out of 5 stars 4 reviews |
| Downloads | 44,624 |
More about this activity
Spirolaterals comes with no instructions.
Think of the activity as a strange machine with buttons to push.
Half the fun is figuring out what each button does.
Then the real thinking starts ... finding the right 5 numbers to match my picture.
Developer Comments
Here are some ideas for classroom activities:
1. Find all the things you can click on and work out what happens when you do.
Green button - the turtle starts drawing.
Red button - the turtle stops drawing.
Black button - clears the drawing area.
Blue button - new pattern (only after a success).
Numbers - increase - note Right click decreases.
Drawing area - full screen version of your drawing.
Peter the Magician - help by correcting one of the numbers.
The Turtle and the Hare - change the drawing speed.
2. How many points for a correct picture?
6
3. What happens if you ask for help?
Lose 1 point for each corrected number.
4. Draw an ok picture with all numbers as large as possible.
(This is quite a challenging question.)
5 3 5 5 3
5. There are 122 different pictures - how many have you done so far?
6. Who has the Highest Score so far? The Spirolaterals Champion.
Source is:
https://github.com/walterbender/spirolaterals
Reviews
I ♥ puzzles. Makes me think I need to make a mini version of Turtle Art.
Rated 5 out of 5 stars by Walter on October 3, 2010
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