4854 /www/nrich/html/content/id/4854/ 1 2011-02-01T00:00:01 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <mdoxml version="1.0"><p><a href="https://nrich.maths.org/8045">First Forward Into Logo</a><br></br> <strong>Previous</strong>: <a href="http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=4862&amp;part=index">FF3</a></p> <p> </p> <p><br></br> It was Jane&#39;s insistence that we walk the semi-circle on the netball pitch. She was dismayed that I could not see that if we went forward one, right one a lot of times we would:<br></br> <br></br> a. get back to where we started<br></br> b. have walked a circle.<br></br> <br></br> Jane was six years old at the time and it had been my question, about the wheels on a train that she had drawn using LOGO, that had given rise to a protracted conversation, a walk round the netball pitch and an eventual agreement about:<br></br> <mdo:image alt="logo4" height="69" src="logo4.gif" width="527"></mdo:image><br></br> First you might like to convince yourself about this instruction.<br></br> <br></br> Then, why not experiment with:<br></br> <br></br> * a different number of REPEATS<br></br> * going BACKWARD instead of FORWARD<br></br> * increasing/ decreasing the amount moved<br></br> * going LEFT instead of RIGHT<br></br> * increasing/ decreasing the amount turned.<br></br> <br></br> Alternatively you might like to make some patterns using circles. Or, you might like to replicate the patterns below.<br></br> <br></br> <mdo:image alt="circles" height="431" src="logo5.gif" width="497"></mdo:image></p> <p><strong>Next</strong>: <a href="http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=4858&amp;part=">FF5</a><br></br>  </p> <p> </p></mdoxml> 2 3 0 1 1 1 0 Learn how to draw circles using Logo. Wait a minute! Are they really circles? If not what are they? Information and Communications Technology Logo 2D Geometry, Shape and Space Circles Using, Applying and Reasoning about Mathematics Practical Activity