Movements I

Part I:

The small triangle you see on the screen is called "The turtle" You can use the computer's mouse to control the turtle or you can type directly commands on the command line to give the turtle instructions.

The first part of this unit introduces the commands FD BK RT and LT.
FD means Forward and causes the Turtle to move the specified steps in the direction it is heading.
Similarly BK means Backward. While the turtle moves it usually draws a line. To cause it to move without drawing a line the word "GO" is inserted before the command (GOFD and GOBK). The command RT means Right (or Right Turn) and it causes the heading (direction) of the turtle to turn to the right. Thus for example the commands
FD 20 LT 45 FD 20
BK 20 RT 90 FD 20
makes a shape that looks like the letter Y
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Part II: The present unit introduce the command MT and JT. The command moves the pointer to the coordinate x=50 and y=40 and draws a line. The command moves to the coordinate x=100 y=40 but does not draw a line. In the next set of exercises use the commands JT and MT to turn to red lines in to black
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Part III: This last set of exercises uses the commands MV and GOMV. For example MV 20 10  moves the pointer to a point 20 pixels to the right and 10 pixels upwards from its current location, drawing a line. GOMV is similar but does not leave a trace. Use the MV and GOMV commands to turn the red lines into black.
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