[racket] Programming for 9 yo's

From: Jens Axel Søgaard (jensaxel at soegaard.net)
Date: Wed Jun 11 14:33:49 EDT 2014

Drawing flags using the image TeachPack?

/Jens Axel



2014-06-11 20:14 GMT+02:00 Keyan <ml at pulsschlag.net>:
> When I was in school, the first program that I wrote was:
>
> 10 input x
> 20 input y
> 30 print x + y
>
> :)
>
> The next one was a number-guessing program. The software draw a random
> number between 1 and 100, and the user had to guess which one by entering
> numbers. The output of the program was either “lower,” “higher,” or some
> success message. Games like that is probably what I would do for 9 year
> olds, because its fun to play with the code once you are done. At least for
> nerds like me, as you can tell, because I can still remember after all these
> years :)
>
> Cheers,
> Keyan
>
> On 11 Jun 2014, at 19:57, Stephen De Gabrielle <spdegabrielle at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi I've been asked to teach a single lesson for the 9yo's in my sons class.
> Does anyone have any ideas that would be suitable. They have only had a
> little exposure to simple logo loops.
>
> I was thinking of a simple recursion example but would appreciate any
> suggestions.
>
> Kind regards,
> Stephen
> PS I'm not thinking of racket, I just ask here because I know there are a
> large number of professional educators.
> PPS I'm not adverse to racket...
>
>
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