1. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Session 3
Review
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2. Team Challenge Equilateral Triangle
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Team Challenge Equilateral Triangle
How do you turn the steps into a procedure?
How do you make the procedure work with a button?
How do you reset? pd
fd 100
rt 120
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3. Make a Procedure: Teach your turtle a word
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Make a Procedure: Teach your turtle a word
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4. Make a Button: Convert the Procedure
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Make a Button: Convert the Procedure
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5. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
How to Reset
Teach the word “reset”
Make a button
What’s the difference between “cg” and “clean”?
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6. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Team Challenge
How do you program a “turtle” to move forward and jump over the rock?
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7. To Reset Need Coordinates
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
To Reset Need Coordinates
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8. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
How to Slow it Down
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9. Program a turtle to go around a rock…slowly
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Program a turtle to go around a rock…slowly
Steps
Draw a rock
Hatch a turtle
Find the coordinates
Click on turtles backpack
Teach “reset”
Example.
to reset
t1, setpos [-50 69]
End
Make a reset button
Test movement in command center
Convert to a procedure
Steps continued:
8. Use a procedure button
9. Make it move slowly with “wait” code
Example
to go
repeat 5 [fd 10 wait 1]
lt 90
repeat 8 [fd 10 wait 1]
rt 90
repeat 20 [fd 10 wait 1]
repeat 10 [fd 10 wait 1]
end
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10. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Announce
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11. Converting to a Procedure #1
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Converting to a Procedure #1
(On the Procedures Tab to the right)
to square
repeat 4 [fd 100 rt 90]
end
Once you know the commands you want to convert the command to a procedure
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12. Converting to a Procedure #2
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Converting to a Procedure #2
(On the Procedures Tab in the turtles backpack)
to square
repeat 4 [fd 100 rt 90]
end
Once you know the commands you want to convert the command to a procedure
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13. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Test it:
Create a button
Type the procedure in command center
On the turtle (object)  edit  command
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14. New Pages and Turning Pages
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
New Pages and Turning Pages
Pages
New
Make a button
Right Click or Ctrl and then Edit
Label: This shows up on the button
Instructions: list a page you want it to go to
page2
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15. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Student Examples
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16. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
Exercise
Create a three page “story”
Use buttons to turn pages
Program your “turtles”
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17. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
MicroWorlds Exercise
Turtle Geometry and Teaching Turtles Words
See Handout
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18. You can draw the shapes in any size, thickness, or color.
Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
You can draw the shapes in any size, thickness, or color.
to colorsquare
setpensize 5
setc 15
repeat 4 [fd 100 rt 90]
end
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19. Young Scholars Program 2003
July 13, 2003
An Animated Story
Walk through the creation of an
Animated Story
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