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Line 1: − <noinclude>[[Category:Activities|Turtle Flags]]</noinclude>+ − [[File:Turtle-Flags.png|75px]]+ − == What is Turtle Flags ==+ − − Turtle Flags presents more than 200 challenges to the learner that must be completed using basic Logo-blocks. The challenges are based on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallery_of_sovereign-state_flags national flags]. − − Turtle Flags is a fork of [[Activities/Turtle Confusion]] that presents [[Activities/Turtle Art#Challenges|40 shape challenges]] to be programmed by moving the Logo turtle. − − [[File:TurtleFlags-1.png|300px]] [[File:TurtleFlags-2.png|300px]] − − On the left, the Argentine flag; on the right, a Turtle Art reproduction − − Additional features: − * You can import challenges from the Sugar Journal (save them as an image file) − * You can save your results as: (1) a Turtle Art program; (2) a UCB Logo project; or (3) a PNG image − * You can overlay Cartesian and polar coordinate grids − * Additional blocks can be added through the Turtle Blocks plugin mechanism − − === Where to get Turtle Flags === − − http://activities.sugarlabs.org/en-US/sugar/addon/4682 − − === How to play Turtle Flags === − − [[File:TurtleFlags-toolbar.png]] − − # Click on the flag button on the palette toolbar. − # Select a flag from the flag thumbnail-view (Shown below). − # Use blocks from the various palettes to instruct the Logo turtle to replicate the flag. − − [[File:Turtle-Flags-iconview.png|300px]] − − ---- − − Please refer to the [[Activities/Turtle Art]] pages for basic instructions on how to use the block interface and the details of various toolbars. − − The flag challenges are loaded from the Combo Box on the Project (Palette) toolbar. When you select a flag, it will be loaded onto the canvas. When you use the Erase button, the current flag is reloaded. − − The available blocks are small subset of the Turtle Block blocks: the basic turtle blocks; a reduced palette of pen and color blocks; some basic arithmetic operators; the repeat block; and the action and box blocks. − − The Export palette includes save as Logo; save as image; and save as Turtle Art. − − === What are the challenges? === − − The 200+ flag challenges are problems of symmetry and geometry which typically can be solved by using a combination of fill and repeat blocks. − − <gallery> − File:Argentina.png|Argentina − File:UnitedStates.png|United States − File:Thailand.png|Thailand − File:Australia.png|Australia − File:Rwanda.png|Rwnada − File:Peru.png|Peru − </gallery> − − [[File:TA-argentina.svg|200px]] − − An example of a Turtle Art flag (Argentina) − − == Reporting problems == − Please file bugs at [https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/newticket?component=TurtleArt]. − − To list all open tickets of Turtle Flags, see [https://bugs.sugarlabs.org/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=TurtleArt]. − − == Credits == − * Walter Bender wrote and maintains the code. − * Brian Silverman is the first author of Turtle Art. − − == Extra Credit == − − http://www.visualnews.com/2013/08/27/national-flags-created-foods-country-commonly-associated − − − == Just for fun == − − [http://i.imgur.com/ZTw1q74.jpg Flag Map]
Migrate to GitHub
== Turtle Flags ==
Read at https://help.sugarlabs.org/turtleflags.html
The source file has been moved to [https://github.com/godiard/help-activity/blob/master/source/turtleflags.rst GitHub]