DT Challenge - 7/8 Blockly - Geometry
Explore geometry through programming, and draw intricate patterns and explosive fireworks! In this challenge, you’ll learn about how computers use angles, parallel lines and geometric transformations to generate the text and images you see on your screen every day. Use what you learn to develop your own fonts, pattern generators and even create a scene of colourful fireworks.
Colours, lines, drawings - all of these are produced through numbers, and with a bit of guidance and support, you’ll learn the coding techniques game, animation and application developers use to bring your computer experience to life. Unlock the power of Maths + Code!
To do the challenge offline use this guide to support students.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 7-8 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Tools for learning |
| Format | Interactive |
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming), Abstraction, Specification (decomposing problems), Algorithms |
| Australian Curriculum Digital Technologies code(s) |
AC9TDI8K03
Investigate how digital systems represent text, image and audio data using integers
AC9TDI8K04
Explain how and why digital systems represent integers in binary |
| Keywords | Data: Collection, Representation, Interpretation, Specification, Algorithms, Implementation, Interaction, Geometry Australian Computing Academy, Blockly, Geometry |
| Integrated, cross-curriculum, special needs | Mathematics |
| Organisation | Australian Computing Academy |
| Copyright | University of Sydney. Creative Commons BY 4.0. |
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