Extension Activities¶

Finished the lessons early? The tutorials below will help us take our Python and turtle skills further. They're sorted by topic, then by difficulty (1 is easiest, 10+ is hardest).

Writing words¶

Unrated¶

• Turtle Graphics: Make the turtle write your name and much more.

Creating Shapes¶

Difficulty 2¶

• Three Overlapping Circles with Python and Turtle (Tutorial)
• Tutorial: How to Draw Football Shape with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Rounded Rectangle or Square with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Drawing a Flower Petal or a Leaf with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Drawing Crescent Moon with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Drawing Ovals with Python Turtle

Difficulty 3¶

• Tutorial: How to Draw a Simple Heart Shape with Python and Turtle
• Tutorial: Drawing Egg Shape with Python Turtle

Difficulty 4¶

• Tutorial: Drawing Oval with Given Center in Python Turtle

Difficulty 5¶

• Tutorial: Rounding Any Corner with Python Turtle

Difficulty 6¶

• 6-Line Snowflake Fractal with Python and Turtle (Tutorial and Source Code)
• Tutorial: Gradually Lighting Up Animation with Python Turtle

Difficulty 7¶

• Star Fractal with Python and Turtle (Tutorial and Source Code)
• Tutorial: Gradually Lighting Up and Moving

Difficulty 8¶

• Tutorial: Drawing Random Mountain Curves with Python Turtle

Difficulty 9¶

• Tutorial: Conway’s Game of Life with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Drawing Clouds with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Word Search Generator with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Animating Fireflies with Python Turtle

Difficulty 10¶

• Tutorial: Random Island Generator with Python Turtle
• Tutorial: Simulating Synchronous Fireflies with Python Turtle

Game Design¶

Unrated¶

• Introduction To Game Building With Python’s Turtle Module
• Create a Simple Two Player Game using Turtle in Python

Difficulty 5¶

• Chaos Game – Sierpinski Triangle with Python Turtle (with Solution)

Difficulty 6¶

• Restricted Square Chaos Game 1
• Restricted Square Chaos Game 2

Difficulty 7¶

• Connect 4 with Python Turtle (Source Code Included)
• Chase the Cycler Simulation (with Source Code)
• Drawing Sierpinski Pentagon with Chaos Game and Python Turtle (with Solution)
• Drawing Sierpinski Carpet with Chaos Game (with Solution)
• Restricted Polygon Chaos Game 2 with Python Turtle

Difficulty 8¶

• Game of SIM with Python Turtle (Source Code Included)
• Drawing Barnsley’s Fern with Chaos Game (Solution Included)

Difficulty 10¶

• Automatic Wordle Solver with Python and Turtle (Source Code Included)
• Typing Game with Python and Turtle (Source Code Included)
• Tower of Hanoi with Python Turtle (Source Code Included)

Difficulty 10+¶

• AI Tic-Tac-Toe with Minimax Tree (Source Code Included)
• 24 Game Solver with Python Turtle (Source Code Included)
• Asteroids Game with Python Turtle