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

Revision as of 00:25, 14 July 2011

Tutorials

Tony Forster's Blog

Tony Forster has written a number of blog posts about his experiments with Turtle Art:

An bringing it all together, the Turtle Art Oscilloscope.

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Tony has also used the programmable block to do file IO.

Video Tutorials

I know there are a few but they are not categorized on this page... we'll make that happen soon. Help would be appreciated.

Mokurai's Tutorials

Mokurai has been working on how to teach Sugar by guided discovery, rather than by explicit direction, with only the necessary minimum of hints. At the same time, he has been working on Turtle Art examples to teach concepts of mathematics, programming, Computer Science, and physics, aiming where possible at presentations suitable for pre-literate pre-schoolers. Thus, no text, no formulas, no calculations. Those can come later in sequences on the same topics as children develop, including a transition from Turtle Art to Python, Logo, and Smalltalk, with options for other languages. However, it is necessary to provide texts, sometimes with formulas and calculations, for the teacher or parent helping the child. These will appear on Mokurai's Replacing Textbooks blog, available at PlanetSugarlabs, and will be incorporated into Open Education Resources on the Sugar Labs Replacing Textbooks server.

Topics

Planned topics

Primary school

Higher

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.