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Category: Python Turtle Graphics

Turtle Graphics is an awesome educational tool for teaching and learning about Python programming. It gives instant visual feedback from you code so you see clearly what is happening. Python Turtle Graphics is great for beginners but can also be used to explore advanced topics such as object oriented programming, event-driven programming and many other topics from programming and mathematics.

Triangle Symmetries with Python Turtle

Making connections between GCSE Computer Science and GCSE Maths is a great way to turbo-charge your learning in both subjects. There are so many areas where the same knowledge can come up...

The 15 Puzzle with Python Turtle Graphics

Around 40 years ago there was a craze which took off around the world. It was a 3-dimensional puzzle called the Rubik’s Cube which kept people in a state of semi-trance while...

The 21 Game with Python Turtle Graphics

Here’s something fun. The 21 Game is a two-player counting game where each player can add 1, 2, or 3, starting at zero, to the total. the total must not exceed 21...

Python Turtle Graphics Demos

If you are using the standard installation of Python from python.org which comes with the IDLE editor, there are some exciting demonstrations of the power of the turtle module available at the...

Fun with Cats – Python API Calls

One of the great things about Python as a programming language is that you can do fairly powerful things with just a few lines of code. In this article we are going...

Python Turtle Circle sector challenge for GCSE Computer Science

Python Circle Sector Challenge

Maths and Computer Science are often taught very separately, and yet they make excellent companions. Writing a program to explore a topic from Maths can really help to understand the topic deeply...