Computer Drawing

Add some visual arts to your pre-algebra curriculum with an engaging drawing project. After choosing a favorite comic strip, picture, or illustration, young mathematicians create enlarged scale drawings following a set of defined criteria.

How do the computers keep it straight? Using the provided algorithms, class members draw a line and a circle using pixels. They then check the drawings using a straight edge and compass to determine the accuracy of their drawings. 

There is no such thing as someone who is not artistic when using this app. In fact, this is the type of app that makes you want to go out and buy a tablet computer. Whether you have a creative lesson planned, or just need a place to take...

While learning to code is fairly interesting academic pursuit in it's own right, it also has other learning benefits. For one, coders learn to how to learn. They are continually exploring, testing, and drawing conclusions about how...

Leap right into programming in JavaScript with this first video in the series. Start off with drawing a rectangle. Remember computers only know what you tell them. So you need to specify exactly where on the screen you want the rectangle...

Now let's expand our coding to include ellipses, rectangles, and lines using this easy-to-follow video. We are also adding some formality to the language we use by defining the following terms: function, parameters, pixels, and the x and...

Students draw a picture related to the book "Arthur Meets the President" using a computer drawing program. They listen to the story and answer discussion questions, view drawings on the teacher's Paint website, and create an...

A simple face can draw on the computer canvas using four lines of code each containing slightly different parameters to the ellipse function. Learners are guided through making changes to certain features such as making the mouth or eyes...

Now practice drawing a rectangle, ellipse, circle, and line by writing your own JavaScript code. Don't know where to start? No problem, you will be guided through creating every line of code. Getting an error message? Again, no problem,...

An "H" is just three rectangles when you are trying to draw them on a computer screen. After watching the previous Intro to Drawing video this online programing activity guides young coders to draw the letter "H" on the screen. Help and...