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==Tutorials==
==Tutorials==
===General resources and guides===
* http://www.ceibal.edu.uy/Userfiles/P0001/File/tortugarte_xo.pdf
* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Recursos_en_espanol#TortugArte
* http://programajvglarioja.blogspot.com.ar/2012/07/tortugarte.html
* http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Activities/Argentina/LR/10.1.1
* http://www.perueduca.edu.pe/olpc/archivos/instructivos/14INSTRUCTIVO%20TORTUGARTfinal.pdf
* http://es.slideshare.net/hansbarrueto/tutorial-tortugarte
* http://maroaltave.wordpress.com/tortugarte/
* http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/olpc-sur/2008-June/000175.html
* http://auladigete.blogspot.com.ar/2012/09/tortugarte-para-windows.html
* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRA6DxfgQM4
* http://actividadesxo.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/tortugarte.html
* http://milaptopxopuno.blogspot.com.ar/2012/06/blog-post_24.html
* http://www.veengle.com/s/tortugarte/9.html
* http://www.scribd.com/doc/112971527/afirstlesson-0001
* https://sites.google.com/site/solymar1fisica/fisica-con-xo-investigacion-/fisica-con-xo-el-libro
Turtle Art comes with many sample project. Below are additional examples created by community members.
* [[File:Multiplication-table.ta|A multiplication table]]
===Tutorial created at gci2012===
[[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle Art Tutorial gci2012]]
[[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle Sensors Tutorial gci2012]]


===Tony Forster's Blog===
===Tony Forster's Blog===
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* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/05/graphing-pitch-and-volume.html Graphing pitch and volume]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/05/graphing-pitch-and-volume.html Graphing pitch and volume]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/06/orbital-motion.html Orbital motion] [[File:Turtle Art Activity orbital.ta]]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/06/orbital-motion.html Orbital motion] [[File:Turtle Art Activity orbital.ta]]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/08/xo-175-accelerometer.html Turtle spirit level for the XO-1.75] [[File:Turtle Art spirit level.ta]]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/10/xo-175-seismograph.html Turtle seismograph] [[File:Turtle Art Activity seismo.ta]]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/11/rgb-colour-addition.html Colour addition] [[File:Turtle Art rgb.ta]]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2011/11/turtle-checksums.html Calculate a checksum] [[File:Checksum.ta]]
* Internet download speedtest [[File:Turtle Art speedtest.ta]]  [[File:Os.doc.odt]] [[File:Screenshot of download speedtest.png|200px]]
* [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/galton-box.html Galton box] [[File:Turtle Art Activity galton path.ta]]
* graphically display factors [[File:Turtle Art factors.ta]]


An bringing it all together, [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2009/03/turtle-oscilloscope.html the Turtle Art Oscilloscope].
An bringing it all together, [http://tonyforster.blogspot.com/2009/03/turtle-oscilloscope.html the Turtle Art Oscilloscope].
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I know there are a few but they are not categorized on this page... we'll make that happen soon. Help would be appreciated.
I know there are a few but they are not categorized on this page... we'll make that happen soon. Help would be appreciated.


* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pleabargain+sugar+turtle+art&search_type=&aq=o introductory videos here on Turtle Art]
* [https://sites.google.com/site/solymar1fisica/fisica-con-xo-investigacion-/videos-youtube-fisica-con-xo Physics on the XO using Turtle Art with Sensors]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa71j3_to-square-final-2 To Square—a tutorial by the Summer Spot youths at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa71j3_to-square-final-2 To Square—a tutorial by the Summer Spot youths at the Lilla G. Frederick Pilot Middle School]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHd6nEmXT34 A basic tutorial].
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/user/sugarlabs/video/x9cpzd_turtleartportfoliobasics_creation a video of the portfolio basics]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/user/sugarlabs/video/x9cpzd_turtleartportfoliobasics_creation a video of the portfolio basics]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/user/sugarlabs/video/x9dsjf_hotcold-game_creation Get your hot cold Turtle Art Video here!]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/user/sugarlabs/video/x9dsjf_hotcold-game_creation Get your hot cold Turtle Art Video here!]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/user/sugarlabs/video/x9xz9o_stategame_tech Name that State!]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/user/sugarlabs/video/x9xz9o_stategame_tech Name that State!]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa7dle_shapes A Shapes and Colors Game]
* [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xa7dle_shapes A Shapes and Colors Game]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHd6nEmXT34 A basic tutorial].
A list of further video clips can be found [[User:Inkyfingers/video | here]].


===Mokurai's Tutorials===
===Mokurai's Tutorials===
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* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Mathematics_and_art|Mathematics and art]], an introduction to TA.
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Mathematics_and_art|Mathematics and art]], an introduction to TA.
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Counting|Counting]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Counting|Counting]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_programming_without_words|Turtle Art programming without words]] (includes Mayan and other visual numerals)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Adding_Apples_and_Oranges|Adding apples and oranges]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals|Numerals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_programming_without_words|Turtle Art programming without words]] (includes a link to Mayan and other visual numerals)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle Art and Logo|Turtle Art and Logo]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle Art and Logo|Turtle Art and Logo]]


====Planned topics====
====Planned topics====


''Primary school''
* [[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]]...)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Complex_Numbers|Complex Numbers]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Groups_of_Symmetries|Groups of symmetries]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Figurate_Numbers|Figurate numbers]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Figurate_Numbers|Figurate numbers]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Spirograph|Spirograph]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Spirograph|Spirograph]]
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* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Arithmetic|Elementary arithmetic]] with whole numbers (but no numerals)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Arithmetic|Elementary arithmetic]] with whole numbers (but no numerals)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Shortcuts_to_the_Times_Table|Shortcuts to the times table]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Shortcuts_to_the_Times_Table|Shortcuts to the times table]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Fractions|Fractions]] with cake, pie, and pizza slices
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algorithms_of_Arithmetic|Algorithms of arithmetic]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Learning_Math_by_Teaching_the_Computer|Learning math by teaching the computer]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Knots|Knots]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Braids|braids]] (and knitting, crocheting, macramé, tatting...)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Galilean_Gravity|Galilean gravity]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Galilean_Relativity|Galilean relativity]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Measuring_Slopes_of_tangents|Measuring slopes of tangents]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Approximate_Integrals|Approximate integrals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Python_Blocks|Python blocks]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Python|Transition to Python]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Add-Ons|Create your own Turtle Art add-ons]] in Python
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Graphics_in_Smalltalk|Turtle Graphics in Smalltalk]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Smalltalk|Transition to Smalltalk]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Logo|Transition to Logo]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Frieze_Groups|Frieze groups]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Moiré_Patterns|Moiré patterns]] and interference
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Tilings|Tilings]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Topology|Topology]] (Rubber-sheet geometry)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Juggling|Juggling]]
* The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Square_Circle|square circle]] and other [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Metrics|metrics]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Abacus|Abacus]], [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Abacus/Chisanpeop|Chisanpeop]] (abacus on fingers), and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Visual_Numerals|visual numerals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Abacus|Abacus]], [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Abacus/Chisanpeop|Chisanpeop]] (abacus on fingers), and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Visual_Numerals|visual numerals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Fractions|Fractions]] with cake, pie, and pizza slices
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Infinite_Sequences|Infinite sequences]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Infinite_Series|series]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Infinite_Sequences|Infinite sequences]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Infinite_Series|series]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Groups_of_Symmetries|Groups of symmetries]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Permutations|Permutations]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Permutation_Groups|permutation groups]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Permutations|Permutations]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Permutation_Groups|permutation groups]]
* The ring of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Clock_Time|clock time]]
* The ring of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Clock_Time|clock time]]
* The fields of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Rational_Numbers|rationals]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Real_Numbers|reals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Knots|Knots]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Braids|braids]] (and knitting, crocheting, macramé, tatting...)
* [[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]]...)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Adding_Apples_and_Oranges|Adding apples and oranges]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Vectors|Vectors]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Vectors|Vectors]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Venn_Diagrams|Venn diagrams]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Venn_Diagrams|Venn diagrams]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Euclid|Euclid]], Book I: triangles, parallelograms, squares
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Euclid|Euclid]], Book I: triangles, parallelograms, squares
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Spherical_Geometry|Spherical geometry]] (Riemann)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Spherical_Geometry|Spherical geometry]] (Riemann)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Pseudospherical_Geometry|Pseudospherical geometry]] (Lobachevsky)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Projective_Geometry|Projective geometry]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Geometric_Optics|Geometric optics]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Moiré_Patterns|Moiré patterns]] and interference
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Tilings|Tilings]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Topology|Topology]] (Rubber-sheet geometry)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Juggling|Juggling]]
* The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Square_Circle|square circle]] and other [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Metrics|metrics]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Periodic_Functions|Periodic]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Almost-Periodic_Functions|Almost-periodic functions]] (Lissajous figures)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Maps|Maps]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Maps|Maps]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Complex_Numbers|Complex Numbers]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Iterated_Functions|Iterated functions]] (attractors, chaos)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Iterated_Functions|Iterated functions]] (attractors, chaos)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Fractals|Fractals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Fractals|Fractals]]
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* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Combinatorics|Combinatorics]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Combinatorics|Combinatorics]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Models_of_Simple_Molecules|Models of simple molecules]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Models_of_Simple_Molecules|Models of simple molecules]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Sensors and Actuators|Moving between Turtle Art and the physical world]]
''Primary school''
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algorithms_of_Arithmetic|Algorithms of arithmetic]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals|Numerals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Learning_Math_by_Teaching_the_Computer|Learning math by teaching the computer]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Galilean_Gravity|Galilean gravity]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Galilean_Relativity|Galilean relativity]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Measuring_Slopes_of_tangents|Measuring slopes of tangents]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Approximate_Integrals|Approximate integrals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Python_Blocks|Python blocks]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Python|Transition to Python]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Add-Ons|Create your own Turtle Art add-ons]] in Python
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Graphics_in_Smalltalk|Turtle Graphics in Smalltalk]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Smalltalk|Transition to Smalltalk]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Transition_to_Logo|Transition to Logo]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Frieze_Groups|Frieze groups]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/3D_Tilings|3D tilings]] and crystallographic groups
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Coordinate_Geometry|Coordinate geometry]], Cartesian and Polar
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Conditional_Probabilities|Conditional probabilities]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Statistics|Elementary statistics]]
* Models of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Molecular_Structures|Molecular Structures]]; nomenclature


''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.


* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Trigonometry|Trigonometry]]
* The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Chomsky_Hierarchy|Chomsky_hierarchy of machines and languages]]
* The [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Chomsky_Hierarchy|Chomsky_hierarchy of machines and languages]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Finite_State_Machine|Finite state machine/automaton]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Finite_State_Machine|Finite state machine/automaton]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Stack_Machine|Stack machine or pushdown automaton]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Stack_Machine|Stack machine or pushdown automaton]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Bounded_Linear_Automaton|Bounded linear automaton]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Bounded_Linear_Automaton|Bounded linear automaton]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Turing_Machine|Turtle Art Turing Machine]]
** [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Turtle_Art_Turing_Machine|Turtle Art Turing Machine]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algebra|Algebra]] (Solving equations; structures (groups, rings, fields,...)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algebra|Algebra]] (Solving equations; structures (groups, rings, fields,...)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Trigonometry|Trigonometry]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/3D_Coordinate_Geometry|3D coordinate geometry]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/3D_Coordinate_Geometry|3D coordinate geometry]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Differential_Equations|Elementary differential equations]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Differential_Equations|Elementary differential equations]]
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* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algebraic_Structures|Algebraic structures]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Algebraic_Structures|Algebraic structures]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Statistical_Analysis|Statistical analysis]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Statistical_Analysis|Statistical analysis]]
* Models of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Molecular_Structures|Molecular Structures]]; nomenclature
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/3D_Tilings|3D tilings]] and crystallographic groups
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Coordinate_Geometry|Coordinate geometry]], Cartesian and Polar
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Conditional_Probabilities|Conditional probabilities]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Elementary_Statistics|Elementary statistics]]
* The fields of [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Rational_Numbers|rationals]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Real_Numbers|reals]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Pseudospherical_Geometry|Pseudospherical geometry]] (Lobachevsky)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Projective_Geometry|Projective geometry]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Geometric_Optics|Geometric optics]]
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Periodic_Functions|Periodic]] and [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Almost-Periodic_Functions|Almost-periodic functions]] (Lissajous figures)
* [[Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Sensors and Actuators|Moving between Turtle Art and the physical world]]