Teacher Note: Turtle Geometry

$ \newcommand{\lt}{<} \newcommand{\gt}{>} \newcommand{\amp}{&} \definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9} \newcommand{\fillinmath}[1]{\mathchoice{\colorbox{fillinmathshade}{$\displaystyle \phantom{\,#1\,}$}}{\colorbox{fillinmathshade}{$\textstyle \phantom{\,#1\,}$}}{\colorbox{fillinmathshade}{$\scriptstyle \phantom{\,#1\,}$}}{\colorbox{fillinmathshade}{$\scriptscriptstyle\phantom{\,#1\,}$}}} $

Section 17.5 Teacher Note: Turtle Geometry

The turtle is actually useful for exploring a wide variety of ideas in geometry. The book Turtle Geometry ¹ does a wonderful job of showing how turtles can be used to explore a wide variety of geometric, mathematical, and scientific ideas (e.g., using turtles to model insect behavior). The example pattern below is drawn from that book.

Figure 17.5.1. Figure 1: A scan of Mark's copy of the book

http://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Geometry-Mathematics-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/0262510375

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Section 17.5 Teacher Note: Turtle Geometry