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ComputingLower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

This lesson contains 20 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.

time-iconLesson duration is: 60 min

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Y7 - Turtle 2025

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To Do Task: Discuss with peer
A robot can take basic commands
FD - move forward
RT - do a right turn
What would be the list of commands to
draw the square on the right?

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A more advanced robot can be told how far to go forward or how much to turn in degrees
Like FD 100 (go forward 100 steps)
and RT 90 (turn right by 90 degrees)
What will be the list of commands to make that square now?

Slide 3 - Open question

Try it - You make a square

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Challenges
Draw the following shapes using the commands you know

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what shape will the following code make?
FD 100, RT 120, FD 100, RT 120, FD 100

Slide 7 - Open question

REPETITION
  • Many shapes have the turtle repeating the same set of commands.
  • We have a command to help with this

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Slide 9 - Slide

What repeat command would you use to draw a small circle?

Slide 10 - Open question

Slide 11 - Mind map

Which of these commands would draw a perfect 9 sided nonagon
A
REPEAT 9 [FD 100 RT 35]
B
REPEAT 9 [FD 100 RT 90]
C
REPEAT 9 [FD 100 RT 45]
D
REPEAT 9 [FD 100 RT 40]

Slide 12 - Quiz

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Extensions
Go to the Lessons section 
Try Lessons (in this order):
  • 10
  • 18
You can always try things out after you have learnt them in the playground

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KO - Create drawings with turtle academy
All - create simple drawings using text commands in turtle academy.

Most - use the setcolor and filled commands to add colour to your drawings.

Some - Create an accurate graphic using the advanced commands in turtle academy.

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Starter Task
  1. Draw a hexagon
  2. Use the repeat function to draw a triangle
  3. Create a procedure to draw a pentagon called "fiveside

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Starter Task
  1. Draw a hexagon
  2. Use the repeat function to draw a triangle

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ILT Practice - Draw with MSW Logo
To practice for the ILT that you will be completing at home, we are going to draw a scene using MSW logo. Today you are going to draw an under sea image - it could include fish, sea weed, coral, submarines - if you can imagine it, you can include it. Open up the playground here...

At the end of the session we will screenshot the image and insert it inot a Powerpoint.
MAKE SURE YOU COMPLETE THE 3 LESSONS BELOW BEFORE STARTING THE TASK
coloured lines - lesson 10
coloured fill - lesson 18
bringing it together - lesson 19
Example of a fill command
filled "blue [repeat 4 [fd 100 rt 90]]

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