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− | ''Pre-school''
| + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Figurate_Numbers|Figurate numbers]] |
− | | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Spirograph|Spirograph]] |
− | * [[Figurate numbers]] | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Conservation_of_Number|Conservation of number]] |
− | * Spirograph | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Arithmetic|Elementary arithmetic]] with whole numbers (but no numerals) |
− | * Conservation of number | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Shortcuts_to_the_Times_Table|Shortcuts to the times table]] |
− | * Elementary arithmetic with whole numbers (but no numerals) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Abacus|Abacus]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Chisanpeop|Chisanpeop]] (abacus on fingers) |
− | * Shortcuts to the times table | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Fractions|Fractions]] with cake, pie, and pizza slices |
− | * Abacus and Chisanpeop (abacus on fingers) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Infinite_Sequences|Infinite sequences]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Infinite_Series|series]] |
− | * Fractions with cake and pie slices | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Groups_of_Symmetries|Groups of symmetries]] |
− | * Infinite sequences and series | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Permutations|Permutations]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Permutation_Groups|permutation groups]] |
− | * Groups of symmetries | + | * The ring of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Clock_Time|clock time]] |
− | * Permutations and permutation groups | + | * The fields of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Rational_Numbers|rationals]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Real_Numbers|reals]] |
− | * The ring of clock time | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Knots|Knots]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Braids|braids]] (and knitting, crocheting, macramé, tatting...) |
− | * The fields of rationals and reals | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Kindergarten_Calculus|Kindergarten Calculus]] ([[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Tangents|tangents]], [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Maxima|maxima]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Minima|minima]], [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Areas|areas]]...) |
− | * Knots and braids (and knitting, crocheting, macramé, tatting...) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Adding_Apples_and_Oranges|Adding apples and oranges]] |
− | * Kindergarten Calculus (tangents, areas, maxima and minima...) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Vectors|Vectors]] |
− | * Adding Apples and Oranges | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Venn_Diagrams|Venn diagrams]] |
− | * Vectors | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Euclid|Euclid]], Book I: triangles, parallelograms, squares |
− | * Venn diagrams | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Spherical_Geometry|Spherical geometry]] (Riemann) |
− | * Euclid, Book I: triangles, parallelograms, squares | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Pseudospherical_Geometry|Pseudospherical geometry]] (Lobachevsky) |
− | * Spherical geometry (Riemann) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Projective_Geometry|Projective geometry]] |
− | * Pseudospherical geometry (Lobachevsky) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Geometric_Optics|Geometric optics]] |
− | * Projective geometry | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Moiré_Patterns|Moiré patterns]] and interference |
− | * Geometric optics | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Tilings|Tilings]] |
− | * Moiré patterns and interference | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Topology|Topology]] (Rubber-sheet geometry) |
− | * Tilings | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Juggling|Juggling]] |
− | * Topology (Rubber-sheet geometry) | + | * The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Square_Circle|square circle]] and other [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Metrics|metrics]] |
− | * Juggling | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Periodic_Functions|Periodic]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Almost-Periodic_Functions|Almost-periodic functions]] (Lissajous figures) |
− | * The square circle and other metrics | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Maps|Maps]] |
− | * Periodic and almost-periodic functions (Lissajous figures) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Complex_Numbers|Complex Numbers]] |
− | * Maps | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Iterated_Functions|Iterated functions]] (attractors, chaos) |
− | * Iterated functions (attractors, chaos) | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Fractals|Fractals]] |
− | * Fractals | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Stack_Programming|Stack programming]] |
− | * Stack programming | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Parse_Trees|Parse trees]] |
− | * Parse trees | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Probability|Probability]] |
− | * Probability | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Combinatorics|Combinatorics]] |
− | * Combinatorics | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Models_of_Simple_Molecules|Models of simple molecules]] |
− | * Models of simple molecules | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Sensors and Actuators|Moving between Turtle Art and the physical world]] |
− | * Moving between Turtle Art and the physical world | |
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| ''Primary school'' | | ''Primary school'' |
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− | * Algorithms of arithmetic | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algorithms_of_Arithmetic|Algorithms of arithmetic]] |
− | * Numerals | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals|Numerals]] |
− | * Learning math by teaching the computer | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Learning_Math_by_Teaching_the_Computer|Learning math by teaching the computer]] |
− | * Galilean gravity | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Galilean_Gravity|Galilean gravity]] |
− | * Galilean relativity | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Galilean_Relativity|Galilean relativity]] |
− | * Measuring slopes of tangents | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Measuring_Slopes_of_tangents|Measuring slopes of tangents]] |
− | * Approximate integrals | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Approximate_Integrals|Approximate integrals]] |
− | * Python blocks | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Python_Blocks|Python blocks]] |
− | * Transition to Python | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Python|Transition to Python]] |
− | * Create your own Turtle Art add-ons in Python | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Add-Ons|Create your own Turtle Art add-ons]] in Python |
− | * Turtle Graphics in Smalltalk | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Graphics_in_Smalltalk|Turtle Graphics in Smalltalk]] |
− | * Transition to Smalltalk | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Smalltalk|Transition to Smalltalk]] |
− | * Saving Turtle Art programs in Logo | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Logo|Transition to Logo]] |
− | * Transition to Logo
| + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Frieze_Groups|Frieze groups]] |
− | * Frieze groups | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/3D_Tilings|3D tilings]] and crystallographic groups |
− | * 3D tilings and crystallographic groups | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Coordinate_Geometry|Coordinate geometry]], Cartesian and Polar |
− | * Coordinate geometry, Cartesian and Polar | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Conditional_Probabilities|Conditional probabilities]] |
− | * Conditional probabilities | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Statistics|Elementary statistics]] |
− | * Elementary statistics | + | * Models of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Molecular_Structures|Molecular Structures]]; nomenclature |
− | * Models of complex molecules; nomenclature | |
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| ''Higher'' | | ''Higher'' |
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− | At this level it is not necessary to use Turtle Art to introduce ideas. Nevertheless the ability to display a topic in Turtle Art demonstrates that it is of only a moderate level of complexity. | + | At this level it is not necessary to use Turtle Art_to_introduce ideas. Nevertheless the ability to display a topic in Turtle Art demonstrates that it is of only a moderate level of complexity. |
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− | * The Chomsky hierarchy of machines and languages | + | * The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Chomsky_Hierarchy|Chomsky_hierarchy of machines and languages]] |
− | ** Finite state machine/automaton | + | ** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Finite_State_Machine|Finite state machine/automaton]] |
− | ** Stack machine or pushdown automaton | + | ** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Stack_Machine|Stack machine or pushdown automaton]] |
− | ** Bounded linear automaton | + | ** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Bounded_Linear_Automaton|Bounded linear automaton]] |
− | ** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Turing_Machine|Turtle Art Turing Machine]] | + | ** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Turing_Machine|Turtle Art Turing Machine]] |
− | * Algebra | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algebra|Algebra]] (Solving equations; structures (groups, rings, fields,...) |
− | * Trigonometry | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Trigonometry|Trigonometry]] |
− | * 3D coordinate geometry | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/3D_Coordinate_Geometry|3D coordinate geometry]] |
− | * Elementary differential equations | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Differential_Equations|Elementary differential equations]] |
− | * Electric and magnetic fields | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Electric_and_Magnetic_Fields|Electric and magnetic fields]] |
− | * Algebraic structures | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algebraic_Structures|Algebraic structures]] |
− | * Statistical analysis | + | * [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Statistical_Analysis|Statistical analysis]] |