Coding Exhibition (Project 3) "First 3 Ideas"

These are my first two ideas for project 3 'Coding Exhibition.' All my ideas convey a visual metaphor for the loop 'if, else.' My first idea above on the left is called "The Loop of Life." This idea consists of a plant which requires water in order to grow. In coding terms of how this "if, else" loop is said will be: if there is water in the watering bucket the plant grows, else plant dies. The code will look like this:

{if (bucket > Empty)

{growing = true;}

else

{growing = false;}

Bucket = Bucket + 1;  //refers to amount of water decreasing each time from bucket.

Growing = Growing + 1;  //refers to the size the plant grows each time after being watered.

}

I think this idea would be best displayed as a stop-motion video where the bucket of water would slowly reduce while the plant is growing and then the water would eventually run out and the plant would die.

I do like this idea, however compared to my other ideas I do not think this metaphor will be easily understood to someone who knows very little or no code.

My second idea on the right is more simple and is also an "if,else" loop. I have called this the Day & Night Loop.

In code language terms this idea can be explained as: if it is daylight you are awake, else you are sleeping. 

The way this card works is the city buildings stay in the same place and when the card turns a night sky replaces the daylight sky. So the page that flips over has half the city cut out of it and fits the other page nicely. 

If I decide to choose this idea it will be of created from a 4 sided fold piece of card.