Grafika Turtle added this page on March 14, 2023

I'm going to cover more details about the Turtle Graphics Unplugged Activity that I showed you in the book.

This Unplugged Activity helps reinforce the lessons we learned about Turtle Graphics. You'll review the coding instructions that you give to the turtle, to turn and move forward.

If you have a lot of people, you can break them into sets of two. Each person will need a blindfold.

You'll need a blindfold, at least two people, and enough space to move around in. (You'll also need two large objects, like two pieces of furniture.)

In this activity, you first want to blindfold one person.

Next, pick two pieces of furniture, one to represent Grafika's house, and the other to represent IncrediCoders Academy.

Thirdly, have the non-blindfolded person guide the blindfolded person from furniture to furniture using phrases like "Turn right 90" or "Forward 14 steps" to practice Python syntax.

Lastly, try and switch roles and go through the same steps!

If you have a lot of people, break into sets of two people. Have them all play at the same time and compete to see which teams can get to their object first. Tell each set where their destination is (like a piece of furniture).

If there are many groups of two playing at the same time, you should make the starting point and ending points different for some, so they don't all end up bumping into each other too often. However, you need to make sure the distances are very similar (from the starting point to the ending point, for each pair), so that it's fair!

Got ideas or suggestions of how we can improve this Unplugged Activity? Please submit them through the Issues tab, as an Idea.

Next, you can take on the two extra challenges to add to your Turtle Map program and learn more! When you're done, you can move on to Level 2, the Class Introductions program!

1. Challenge 1: Map an alternate route to IncrediCoders Academy. This time, you'll cross the bridge, over the lake. Be sure to stay on the road!

2. Challenge 2: Use loops to go back and forth between my house and the school, five times. (Paul's father, Monty, has to keep going back because Paul keeps forgetting his school supplies.)

In addition to this Help page and the instructions for our Level 1 challenges, we also have Online Articles, a Learning Quiz, a Help Page, and a Rewards article:

• Level 1: Help - This page helps you complete the instructions in the book, in case you get stuck.

• Level 1: Online Articles - I made you a list of different web pages I found, which will help you learn more about creating Turtle Graphics.

• Level 1: Learning Quiz - I wrote some questions in case you want to quiz yourself about what you learned. Or you can teach others and quiz them!

• Level 1: Rewards - If you completed the Turtle Map project that we talked about in the car, then I set up this page to be your reward. You can see some illustrations of me and learn more about who I am! You'll also find the Turtle Award digital download, to show off your accomplishment!

After you're completely done with Level 1 (did you do the challenges?), then it's time to move on to Level 2! While you read through Level 2 in your book, you can check out the resources from Mrs. Scratcher, as she teaches you how to build the Class Discussion program:

• Level 2: Class Introductions: All Online Resources

I hope you had fun learning about Turtle Graphics! After all, I was named after it!

-- Grafika Turtle