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LOGO Challenge 1 - Star Square

Age 7 to 16
Challenge Level Yellow star
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Can you use LOGO to draw the Star-square?




You might wish to look at the first couple of articles in the"First Forward" series. if you have not met LOGO before.

You can download some excellent free LOGO software from the internet at http://fmslogo.sourceforge.net/.

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First Forward Into Logo 1: Square Five

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LOGO Challenge 10 - Circles

In LOGO circles can be described in terms of polygons with an infinite (in this case large number) of sides - investigate this definition further.

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