Snap Projects, March 29, 2012, Cardinal Forest Elementary School

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  • Spinning Square Spiral Snap!

    1. Make a variable "side":

    2. Use the small black arrow marker:

    3. Slide "side" onto the move block:

    4. Change side by 2, use the small black marker:

    5. Use a "change pen color" block to draw with a different color

    6. Now the spiral picture looks something like this:

    7. Change to turn 92 degrees fror a spinning square spiral

    8. Use a change pen color block to change the drawing color after each move.

      PART 2 - MAKE YOUR OWN BLOCK

    9. Now make another block named "drawSpiral"

    10. Create a "script variable" - also known as a 'local" variable for drawSpiral.

    11. The block definition looks like this now:

    12. Drag out your new drawSpiral block from the Motion category. Test the new block you have created.