• Dedication
• Introduction
• I discovered this discovery
• Discovery 0: Preparation
• Discovery 1: Open your XO
• Discovery 2: Buttons and bits
• Discovery 3: Turn XO on, and observe
• Discovery 4: Turn XO on. Now what?
• Discovery 5: Button functions
• Discovery 7: Other bits of the XO
• Discovery 6: Icon Ring
• Discovery 9: List view
• Discovery: Help
• Discovery: Frame
• Discovery 10: Wireless networking
• Discovery: Browse
• Discovery 8: Good questions
• Discovery: Journal
• Discovery: Record
• Discovery: Paint
• Discovery: Write
• Discovery: Collaboration
• Discovery: Frame Again
• The Undiscoverable: Terminal
• Discovery: Utility Menu
• Pause
• Discovery: More Activities
• Discovery: Puzzles
• Discovery: Games
• Discovery: Turtle Art
• Discovery: Calculate
• Discovery: Measure
• Discovery: Etoys
• Discovery: Music
• What do I want to discover?
• Discovering childhood education
• Discovery: Hints
• Resources
• Discovery: Glossary

Discovery: Turtle Art

Find and open Turtle Art or Turtle Blocks. Whichever name you find, it will be attached to a turtle icon. When the activity starts up, you will see the turtle icon in the middle of the screen, and a palette of blocks. The Activity tab should be selected. On the far right is an icon of an open book with an arrow pointing outward. What do you think that means? Click it and find out.

Figure Turtle Art Samples

Point at square.ta and click Open. (What might that name mean? Well, let's see what it does.) Can you tell what is happening? Find the eraser icon and click it. Does that make sense? Click the yellow start block. Does that make sense?

There is a lot to discover here. There are six tabs and nine palettes, each with a number of options. You aren't going to get it all at once.

Drag one of the blocks from the palette (above) to the main screen area. Forward, back, left, right are good ones to start with. Click it and see what the turtle does.

Drag in some more blocks. You saw in square how they lock together. Click a stack of blocks and see what happens.

Select other palettes by clicking on the menu bar.

What to the blocks on these pallettes do? The pallettes with the simpler blocks are on the left, the pallettes to the right have the more advanced blocks.

Experiment, have fun!

For those who would rather read the instructions first, see http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt