Overview- For this assignment we got to learn how to make the Nepal flag, which is a lot more complicated than you'd think. It's the the only country flag that is not rectangle shaped and is full of angles. Nepal also has directions on how to construct the flag written in their constitution. The really incredible thing about this was that we had to make it entirely with just a compass, protractor and pencil.
- We started off by first learning how to use the compass and protractor by doing many practice problems from a packet. The packet was difficult at first since I had never used a compass like this before. After mastering how to use these tools we followed steps from Nepal's constitution to learn how to draw the Nepal Flag which is the pencil drawing you see above. It was difficult to make the moon. So many minor details go into making the moon to make it perfect, which makes it very easy to mess up. Two different half circles plus 12 equal triangles make up the moon which is very difficult to connect. We then plugged that image into photoshop to color it, which is the final project image you see above.
Reflection- The math that I learned and used was a lot of interior and exterior angle geometry which was very simple for making the border of the Nepal flag. When I had to start making the moon, it was extremely difficult and was probably the biggest thing I struggled with. The directions were not easy to follow either. After reading the weirdly worded directions so much It was easier to work with towards the end.
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Overview- Through this semester and all the coding that we did, it was most fun to work with these little robots called LinkBots. These robots connect to a line of code that you have created and will perform it on the floor. They'll go forwards, backwards, turn and even flash different colored lights.
For one of our assignments we had to code LinkBots to perform different tasks. The directions for what to code came in different algebra equations. After solving them you'd know what exact distances to put in your code. These problems ranged from easy to very hard, the easy one being to make the LinkBot go straight to a certain point, and the very hard being to make multiple LinkBots steer cubes in a complicated pattern.
Reflection- Coding or anything that has to do with computers is usually never my strength. I'm glad I had to do a lot of computer work in math which really helped me while also being entertaining. LinkBots are a great way for any student to learn coding especially because you can see what you make being transformed into a real robot.
Reflection- The math that I learned and used was a lot of interior and exterior angle geometry which was very simple for making the border of the Nepal flag. When I had to start making the moon, it was extremely difficult and was probably the biggest thing I struggled with. The directions were not easy to follow either. After reading the weirdly worded directions so much It was easier to work with towards the end.
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Overview- Through this semester and all the coding that we did, it was most fun to work with these little robots called LinkBots. These robots connect to a line of code that you have created and will perform it on the floor. They'll go forwards, backwards, turn and even flash different colored lights.
For one of our assignments we had to code LinkBots to perform different tasks. The directions for what to code came in different algebra equations. After solving them you'd know what exact distances to put in your code. These problems ranged from easy to very hard, the easy one being to make the LinkBot go straight to a certain point, and the very hard being to make multiple LinkBots steer cubes in a complicated pattern.
Reflection- Coding or anything that has to do with computers is usually never my strength. I'm glad I had to do a lot of computer work in math which really helped me while also being entertaining. LinkBots are a great way for any student to learn coding especially because you can see what you make being transformed into a real robot.