Evolving Shapes

This project from chapter 4 of Coding and the Arts is a really fun collaborative excercise. Students work together to create a 3d model by adding primitive shapes in turn.

Exemplar Project

This project is all about getting students to collaborate and communicate. Each time the project is passed from one to the next is an opportunity for new bugs to be introduced, so make sure they’re pay attention to and talking with each other about the program as they go. A relatively simple project could look as follows:

See Also

• Make a Container
• Cardboard Automata
• Invent an Instrument