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== Learning with Turtle Nutrition ==
Most activities around learning about nutrition as based on the relaying of facts and advice. This activity offers a different approach: computation.
forward get_calories banana


== Extending Turtle Nutrition ==
== Extending Turtle Nutrition ==


While it is not trivial to extend Turtle Nutrition, it provides a good opportunity for exploration.
# Have the learners make lists of common foods
# Make or find pictures of these foods
# Look up the nutritional content of these foods: calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, and fat [https://www.choosemyplate.gov/SuperTracker/]
# Create SVG images for the foods similar to [https://github.com/walterbender/turtleart/tree/nutrition/plugins/food/images]
# Edit food.py [https://github.com/walterbender/turtleart/blob/nutrition/plugins/food/food.py#L211] to add your new foods to the food palette


Feel free to ask for help if needed.


== Reporting problems ==
== Reporting problems ==