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Pattern maker

Open project · after lesson 8: Every other

Make a pattern that changes as it goes: stripes, a checkerboard, a row of tiles that swap colour, or a spiral that switches every third turn. The rule for what changes is yours.

One way it could look. Yours will be different.

You'll use

These light up when your code uses them. Click one to see where you learned it.

the loop counter used inside the loop if remainder (%)change a variable from itself (x = x + 1, +=)

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Milestones

Tick each one when it is true of your project. Nobody marks it: be honest with yourself.

It runs and draws a pattern with at least 8 parts.
Something changes as the loop goes on (colour, size or shape), decided by an if.
I changed one number and the pattern changed the way I expected.

Make it yours

Use elif for a third colour.
Make each part a little bigger than the last.
Draw two rows, with the second row the opposite of the first.

Looking back

What was the hardest part, and how did you get past it?

Tick every milestone first.

Pattern maker

You'll use

Milestones

Make it yours

Looking back

★ Pattern maker

★ Pattern maker

Built with

Milestones

The hardest part