Lesson 1 - Turtle Academy

• Computing
• Lower Secondary (Key Stage 3)

Lesson 1 - Turtle Academy 

Year 7 

Bell Activity

What are instructions?

Starter

What might these abbreviations mean?

FD

BK

LT

RT

Move Right

Move Left

Move Backwards

Move Forwards

RT

LT

BK

FD

Key Objective

To be-able to create simple and complex shapes using Turtle Academy

Outcomes

All 

Learn the basic commands

Move and turn the turtle

Most 

Draw complex shapes using Turtle Academy 

Some

Use the fill and pen colours to add detail to the shapes

Logo's Turtle

I want you to complete sections 1 to 7 in this section.

https://turtleacademy.com/lessons/1

You mustn't use the solutions, otherwise you are only cheating yourselves...

How do we clear the screen of code?

Clear the Screen

clearscreen

Clearscreens

Screenclear

The answer is...

clearscreen

Controlling the Turtle and Pen

I want you to complete sections 1 to 7 in this section.

https://turtleacademy.com/lessons/2

You mustn't use the solutions, otherwise you are only cheating yourselves...

How do we lift the pen?

1. penup
2. LiftPen
3. Up Pen
4. Lift the pen

Turtle World

I want you to complete sections 1 to 7 in this section.

https://turtleacademy.com/lessons/12

You mustn't use the solutions, otherwise you are only cheating yourselves...

arc 360 100

repeat 4 [ fd 100 lt 90]

repeat 8 [ fd 70 lt 45]

Circle

Square

Octagon

If I want to move the Turtle forward, I must type 'Forward'.

1. True
2. False

What do we type, to hide the turtle?

How do we put the pen down, after we have lifted it up?