Turtle Templates

The activities in the Turtle application are designed to complement and build on children’s experiences with using a floor turtle and on giving instructions that can be followed by a machine or a person. If you wish you could make a series of cards which follow a route and ask the children to move a counter to see where it goes.

Alien Invasion The aliens are coming! Direct the ‘turtle’ spaceship to capture the other spaceships by landing on them. Initially just ask them to attack one spaceship, then all of them.		Blank Screen Here you can introduce children to the commands and let them experiment. Challenge them to draw a square, triangle or rectangle.
Britain Children can fly the plane to anywhere over Britain. Print off a copy of the map and mark the place where you want them to go. They can then plot their route before entering the information on the computer.		Castle Treasure Hunt Arriving at the castle children are given clues to where the treasure is hidden – in the dungeon, in the suit of armour etc. Children have to direct the knight to the correct location to find the treasure.
Coral Reef Direct the dolphin through the coral reef maze to the pool. Avoid being eaten by the shark or captured by the octopus!		Europe Direct the plane to fly to Europe. Can the children guess where France is?
Field Complete a roundabout route eg. go to the cottage to get the wheat, take it to the mill to grind it, then back to the cottage to bake the bread.		Flowers Challenge the children to make the bee fly to the flowers in a particular order.
Garden Maze Guide the mouse through the garden along the path, avoiding the grass. Make a route to follow – print this off and ask them to repeat it.		Goldilocks and the Three Bears An ideal template to link with work on fairy tales. Children can retell the story as they move the turtle (Goldilocks) and plot their route at the same time.
Journey to Mars Here children can plot a route to Mars, making sure they avoid obstacles on the way. This template can lead to investigations on comets, satellites, planets and space travel.		Jungle Adventure Archaeologists are looking for ancient lost cities – help them plot their route, then write postcards or reports about their finds.
Mushroom Path Follow the path and avoid being caught by the mushrooms! Don’t stray off the path.		Paint Pot Trail Direct the turtle to a particular coloured pot e.g. go to the red paint pot, then yellow, then blue. Change the paint colour (pen) as each pot of paint is reached.
Red Riding Hood Help Little Red Riding Hood get to Grandma’s house without meeting the wolf! You could collect flowers or hide behind trees along the way.		Sahara Car Rally Here a car is racing to finish the Sahara car rally. There are various routes it could take. Which is the longest? You could measure this using a piece or string or a ruler.
Spider’s Web Here children have to direct the spider so that she can complete her web.		Swallow’s Dinner Time Help the swallow catch his supper. Decide what is on the menu tonight – one, two or more flies.
Treasure Island Where did Rascal Red, the notorious pirate chief bury his treasure? Choose a location on the map (hide it) and then get the children to guess.		Turtle Voyage The turtle’s eggs are hatching. Can the baby turtle make it to the sea in safety? Later, find out some more facts about turtles.
Underground Maze Can mole find the way to his underground passage without running into the fox’s lair on the way?		Turtle Village What’s the shortest route to the factory or church etc.