LESSON PLAN 1

Topic : POLYGONS MANIPULATION

Class level : Year 4 -6
Time Suggested : 60 minutes
Materials : 1 computer per 1-2 pupils

Objectives:
a) To introduce LOGO procedures.
b) Pupils should be able to draw and make sense of different polygons

Procedures:

1. Review basic commands with whole class

 FD - forward
 BK - backward
 RT - right turn
 LT - left turn
 PU - pen up
 PD - pen down
 PE - pen erase
 HT - hide display of turtle
 ST - show display of turtle
 CS - clear screen
 Repeat - repeat with different numbers

2. Explain to the pupils that instead of writing commands one by one to draw figures,
they can use LOGO procedures to automatically draw the intended pattern.

3. In front of class, Tr. demonstrate only the LOGO procedures command for drawing
a triangle with length 70 (FD 70) and a square, also with length 70 as in Figure 1.
Let the pupils do the same in their computer.
 Figure 1
4. Tr. writes on the whiteboard the commands for the triangle and the square.

REPEAT 3 [FD 70 RT 120]

REPEAT 4 [FD 70 RT 90]

5. Ask pupils to figure out the formula to find the patterns.

Expected answer: 360o divided by the number of sides,
To make a triangle, 360o ÷ 3 sides = 120o
To make a square, 360o ÷ 4 sides = 90o

6. Task 1:
Using the LOGO procedures, instruct pupils to continue drawing:
 Pentagon ( 5 sides)
 Hexagon (6 sides)
 Heptagon (7 sides)
 Octagon ( 8 sides)
 Nonagon (9 sides)
 Decagon (10 sides)

Note:
• Calculator may be use to find the right degree for RT (Right Turn),
• Answers in decimal numbers must be kept to one decimal no only for example,
360o ÷ 13 = 27.69230… must be typed in as RT 27.7
• The end product should be like Figure 2 below.
 Figure 2
7. Task 2:
Earlier in step 3 and 6, commands are used using LOGO procedures. Repeating
the shapes can produce attractive pattern as below. Off course you need to
rotate, move forward or backward to produce patterns as in b) and c). Your task is
to create an attractive pattern (must be different from the example given).
a)

This pattern was created by

rotating circles
eg. of commands:
CIRCLE
LT 5 FD 2

b)
 This pattern was created by
rotating and repeating
‘pentagon’ and ‘Hexagon’.
eg. of commands:
RT 20 PENTAGON
RT 60 HEXAGON

c)

This pattern was created by

rotating and repeating ‘triangle’.
eg. of commands used (not in
order):
RT 10 TRIANGLE
FD 70
RT 60
d)

This pattern was created by

rotating and repeating ‘triangle’,
‘square’, ‘hexagon and ‘heptagons’.
eg. Of commands use (not in
order):
RT 60 SQUARE
RT 60 HEXAGON
FD 70