Scratch

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Attached is an example of where I start with kids, because it is a little bit out of reach, but still accessible with some explicit instruction from a teacher, but also allows some generalisations to be developed for interior angles of polygons. There is a nice linkage to creating the same artifact using Cabri Geometry (or Geometer SketchPad).This example is very low level in terms of using Scratch's features, but it works for me. My intention is to 'harvest' any Scratch files that have been uploaded by the strong Scratch Web 2.0 community that have a strong Maths link. They will be useful resources for kids to '//work backwards from//' and learn different approaches to solving a programming problem.

Australian Catholic University Conference 1 December 2010 - Presentation Handout