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| [[Activities/TurtleArt/Arduino|Turtle Art with Arduino]] support is an extension of Turtle Art that supports data capture from the Arduino board. This branch is maintained by Sayamindu Dasgupta and Rafael Ortiz. | | [[Activities/TurtleArt/Arduino|Turtle Art with Arduino]] support is an extension of Turtle Art that supports data capture from the Arduino board. This branch is maintained by Sayamindu Dasgupta and Rafael Ortiz. |
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− | ==Learning with Turtle Art==
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− | Play with Turtle Art to draw colorful art patterns using a turtle that accepts instructions for movement.
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− | With visual programming blocks, you can snap together programs by compiling (combining) them in ways to create anything you can imagine.
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− | <gallery>
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− | File:TA-sample1.png
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− | File:TA-sample2.png
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− | File:TA-sample3.png
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− | File:TA-sample4.png
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− | File:TA-sample5.png
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− | File:TA-sample6.png
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− | </gallery>
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− | ===maths===
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− | <gallery>
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− | File:TAclock1.png|A clock activity
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− | File:TAclock2.png
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− | File:TAclock3.png
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− | File:TAclock4.png
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− | File:TAgeometry.png|Calculating the hypotenuse and approximating the angle of a right triangle
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− | File:TAgeometry1.png|Stepping through the program is a nice way to visualize the process of approximation
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− | File:TAgeometry2.png|The final result of the approximation.
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− | File:Sine.png|And on-the-fly function definitions
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− | </gallery>
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− | Tony Forster describes his "adventures" with on-the-fly definitions to create an [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_fTmGyLerUL4/SY0URR-P7TI/AAAAAAAAAN4/XySQUPHmiME/s1600-h/clockface.jpg analog clock] in [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2009/02/using-insert-function-block-in.html his blog.]
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− | Try any of the [http://docs.python.org/library/time.html time] or [http://docs.python.org/library/math.html math] library functions, e.g.,
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− | localtime().tm_min
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− | sin(x) + sin(pi/2)
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− | ===presentations===
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− | <gallery>
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− | File:Portfolio14.png
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− | File:Portfolio13.png
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− | </gallery>
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− | ===games===
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− | Turtle Art can be used to write games, such as a simple falling block game:
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− | <gallery>
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− | File:WeGotGame.png
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− | File:Hot-cold.png
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− | File:Yes-no.png
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− | File:State-game.png
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− | File:Boston-game.png
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− | File:Continent-game.png
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− | File:Gardner-school.png
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− | File:Shapes-game.png
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− | </gallery>
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− | ===sensors===
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− | Turtle Art supports sensor input:
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− | <gallery>
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− | File:Bike odometer.png|Using a Hall-effect sensor, you can build a bike odometer in Turtle Art
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− | </gallery>
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− | More ideas for sensors [[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Using_Turtle_Art_Sensors]]
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− | [[http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Uso_de_TortugaArte_Sensores]]
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− | ===student work===
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− | Students from Caacupé have been sending me examples of their work:
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− | <gallery>
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− | File:Mi bici.png|Eduado Fabian Ayala Vargas
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− | File:TmpNW2JGh.png|Johana Soeli Aquino
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− | File:Circulo colores.png|Ivan Silva
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− | File:Tmp4FAsHi.png|Rodrigo Nicolas Valdéz Bobadilla
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− | File:Captura pantalla de Actividad TortugArte.png|Juan Pablo Espinola Carballo
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− | File:Flora.png|Miguela
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− | </gallery>
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| ==Getting Started== | | ==Getting Started== |