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==Getting Started==

[[Image:~~Screenshot of "Turtle Art Activity" getting started~~.png|300px]]

There are several Turtle Art manuals:

* [http://ht.ly/gqueN]

[[Image:New-TA-Repeat-block.png|300px]]

Start by clicking on (or dragging) blocks from the Turtle palette. Use multiple blocks to create drawings; as the turtle moves under your control, colorful lines are drawn.

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File:TA-box-eample.png|Named variables: store a variable in 'box'

File:Namedstacks.jpg|Named 'stacks' of blocks can be reused

File:ActionBlocks.png|When a new named stack is created, a new action block is added to the palette.

File:Collapsestack.jpg|Collapse a 'stack' of blocks to save space

File:Pushpop.jpg|Store data in the first in last out heap using 'push' and 'pop'

File:Turtlearray.jpg|Box names (and stack names) can be boxes, in this case ~~10 boxes are created. This is~~ a ~~powerful programming feature. A~~ one dimensional array of variables has ~~effectively~~ been created.

File:Turtlearray.jpg|Box names (and stack names) can be boxes, in this case (taken from the math-dice project), a one-dimensional array of 11 variables has been created.

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 ==Getting Started==
-[[Image:Screenshot of "Turtle Art Activity" getting started.png|300px]]
+There are several Turtle Art manuals:
+* [http://ht.ly/gqueN]
+[[Image:New-TA-Repeat-block.png|300px]]
 Start by clicking on (or dragging) blocks from the Turtle palette. Use multiple blocks to create drawings; as the turtle moves under your control, colorful lines are drawn.
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 File:TA-box-eample.png|Named variables: store a variable in 'box'
 File:Namedstacks.jpg|Named 'stacks' of blocks can be reused
+File:ActionBlocks.png|When a new named stack is created, a new action block is added to the palette.
 File:Collapsestack.jpg|Collapse a 'stack' of blocks to save space
 File:Pushpop.jpg|Store data in the first in last out heap using 'push' and 'pop'
-File:Turtlearray.jpg|Box names (and stack names) can be boxes, in this case 10 boxes are created. This is a powerful programming feature. A one dimensional array of variables has effectively been created.
+File:Turtlearray.jpg|Box names (and stack names) can be boxes, in this case (taken from the math-dice project), a one-dimensional array of 11 variables has been created.
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