Meet the Turtle 🐢

Python has a little robot turtle that carries a pen. Wherever it walks, it draws a line! You tell it where to go with code:

Python

import turtle
t = turtle.Turtle()

t.forward(100)
t.left(90)
t.forward(100)

import turtle brings the turtle into your program.
t = turtle.Turtle() makes a turtle and calls it t.
t.forward(100) walks 100 steps forward.
t.left(90) turns left by 90 degrees (a corner, like the letter L).

🌱 Draw a square garden

A square has 4 equal sides and 4 corners. Walk, turn, walk, turn...

Python

import turtle
t = turtle.Turtle()
t.color("green")

t.forward(100)
t.left(90)
t.forward(100)
t.left(90)
t.forward(100)
t.left(90)
t.forward(100)
t.left(90)

Handy turtle commands

Command	What it does
`t.forward(50)`	walk forward 50 steps
`t.backward(50)`	walk backward
`t.left(90)` / `t.right(90)`	turn
`t.color("blue")`	change the pen color
`t.penup()` / `t.pendown()`	lift the pen / put it down

🌾 Fun fact

From an airplane, many farms look like patchworks of squares and rectangles. Farmers plan their fields as shapes, just like your turtle!

Run the garden above, then try changing the numbers to make it bigger or smaller.

Meet the Turtle

Meet the Turtle 🐢

🌱 Draw a square garden

Handy turtle commands

🌾 Fun fact

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