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== Learning with Turtle Nutrition ==
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Most activities around learning about nutrition as based on the relaying of facts and advice. This activity offers a different approach: computation.
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forward get_calories banana
    
== Extending Turtle Nutrition ==
 
== Extending Turtle Nutrition ==
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While it is not trivial to extend Turtle Nutrition, it provides a good opportunity for exploration.
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# Have the learners make lists of common foods
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# Make or find pictures of these foods
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# Look up the nutritional content of these foods: calories, protein, carbohydrates, fiber, and fat [https://www.choosemyplate.gov/SuperTracker/]
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# Create SVG images for the foods similar to [https://github.com/walterbender/turtleart/tree/nutrition/plugins/food/images]
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# Edit food.py [https://github.com/walterbender/turtleart/blob/nutrition/plugins/food/food.py#L211] to add your new foods to the food palette
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Feel free to ask for help if needed.
    
== Reporting problems ==
 
== Reporting problems ==