Artist: Nested Loops

Lesson Overview

Students use the Artist environment to write programs that have looped statements inside another loop, which is called a nested loop.

Count the number of times an action should be repeated and represent it as a loop
Divide the number of degrees in a circle into even segments
Given a number of segments, calculate the degrees need to complete a circle
Break complex tasks into smaller repeatable sections
Combine simple shapes into complex designs with nested loops

CL.L1:3-02. Work cooperatively and collaboratively with peers teachers, and others using technology.
CT.L1:3-01. Use technology resources (e.g., puzzles, logical thinking programs) to solve age appropriate problems.
CT.L1:6-01. Understand and use the basic steps in algorithmic problem-solving.
CPP.L1:6-05. Construct a program as a set of step-by-step instructions to be acted out.
CPP.L1:6-06. Implement problem solutions using a block-based visual programming language.
CT.L2-01. Use the basic steps in algorithmic problem solving to design solutions.
CT.L2-06. Describe and analyze a sequence of instructions being followed.
CT.L2-07. Represent data in a variety of ways: text, sounds, pictures, numbers.
CT.L2-08. Use visual representations of problem states, structures, and data.
CT.L2-12. Use abstraction to decompose a problem into sub problems.
CT.L2-14. Examine connections between elements of mathematics and computer science including binary numbers, logic, sets, and functions.
CT.L3A-03. Explain how sequence, selection, iteration, and recursion are building blocks of algorithms.

3-5-ETS1-2. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

3.OA.3 - Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.
3.G.A.2 - Partition shapes into parts with equal areas. Express the area of each part as a unit fraction of the whole.
4.NBT.B.4 - Fluently add and subtract multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
4.MD.A.3 - Apply the area and perimeter formulas for rectangles in real world and mathematical problems.
4.MD.C.5 - Recognize angles as geometric shapes that are formed wherever two rays share a common endpoint, and understand concepts of angle measurement.
4.MD.C.7 - Recognize angle measure as additive.
4.G.A.1 - Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines.
4.G.A.2 - Classify two-dimensional figures based on the presence or absence of parallel or perpendicular lines, or the presence or absence of angles of a specified size.
4.G.A.3 - Recognize a line of symmetry for a two-dimensional figure as a line across the figure such that the figure can be folded along the line into matching part.
5.NBT.B.5 - Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
5.G.A.2 - Represent real world and mathematical problems by graphing points in the first quadrant of the coordinate plane, and interpret coordinate values of points in the context of the situation.

L.3.6 - Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate conversational, general academic, and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal spatial and temporal relationships.
L.4.6 - Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal precise actions, emotions, or states of being and that are basic to a particular topic.
L.5.6 - Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases, including those that signal contrast, addition, and other logical relationships.