Nifty Assignments - Optical Illusions Using Loops and Nested LoopsHybridK12
The assignment is to reproduce one of several choices of optical illusions. Part 1 of the assignment requires only loops, while part 2 requires nested loops.
Students and instructors find the images interesting and surprising. So the assignment is fun for the students to do.
What is unusual about the assignment is that it can be given very early in CS1 (after 2-3 weeks for part 1, after 3-4 weeks for part 2). Students must already be familiar with a basic graphics package, variables, and loops.
We give multiple options of images for the students to reproduce. The students choose their own level of challenge. We see the more advanced students choosing a more difficult option and taking the assignment to a higher level, The easiest choice is accessible to essentially all of the students.
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