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On Your Own - Project Ideas


  1. Use a compass to show the direction as you steer something, such as:
    - a sailboat on a lake
    - a kite
    - a ball
    - a photo or drawing of yourself
    - word art

  2. Make a new collection of characters follow a leader, such as:
    - birds
    - balloons
    - letters of the alphabet

  3. Make a background with areas of different colors.   Program each color to make something happen when the turtles pass over it, such as:
    - play a sound effect
    - play a tune
    - make a text box appear briefly
    - change the turtles' direction
    - make the turtles change size (with setsize) or shape (with setsh).

  4. Make different animated characters come out of one spot and return to it.   Examples:
    - bees swarming out of a hive
    - bats flying out of a cave
    - fireworks bursting (use a different turtle with its pen down to draw each line as many turtles spray out from one point)

  5. Create a random number of animated characters with newturtle that are automatically given a different shape and assigned a heading.

  6. Design a number guessing game with:
    - large numbers
    - positive and negative numbers
    - fractions

  7. Design a conversation between the computer and a user.   (Also see the Critter Chat folder.)


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