Note on Labelling

The sub-tasks in this section are marked Partner A or Partner B to indicate how to work on them, as in part 1 of this lab.

Lab 3, Extra: Functions with Python Turtles

Our goal in this part lab is to write a collection of functions that draw using Python's turtles. Open lab03/turtleStuff.py to get started...

Task 0: CS logo

Partner A

The CS department needs a new logo and is considering this design.

It would be helpful to see the design in different colors and sizes. To help in this process, you will write a logo function.

Your logo function will accept two parameters:

  1. size - The length of the square
  2. mainColor - The color of the square

Your logo function will write the lowercase text "cs" in white, and always in a font size that is half the square size. For example, if the square has size 30, the font will be size 15. Note that font size must be specified as an integer. The font will always be bold Arial. logo will not return any values; it merely draws.

Here is an example of how to use the write function to draw the lowercase text:

write("I love CS111", font=('Arial',45,'bold'))

How to test your logo function?

At the end of your file, paste the following code that invokes your logo function.

if __name__ == "__main__":
   #  test one logo invocation
   logo(50, 'red')

which produces this drawing:

Notes:

Once your logo works, you can test it more thoroughly using the provided testLogo function in your lab03/turtleStuff.py file as follows:

if __name__ == "__main__":
   #  test one logo invocation
   # logo(50, 'red')
   testLogo()

should yield this drawing:

Task 1: BullsEye

Partner B

This bullsEye function will draw a circle with radius size that contains 3 nested concentric circles. Each concentric circle will alternate colors and decrease in radius by 25%. Initially, do not fill any circles, keep them just as outlines.

The bullsEye function accepts 3 parameters:

  1. size: the radius of the largest circle
  2. color1: the color of the outermost and third circle
  3. color2: the color of the second and fourth circle, counting from the outermost in

Here are two sample invocations:

if __name__ == "__main__":
    teleport(-100, 0)
    bullsEye(140, 'red','darkOliveGreen')
    teleport(100, 200)
    bullsEye(80, 'black', 'orange')

the create this drawing (note that the pensize is 5 in these drawings):

If these look like your results, then go back to your bullsEye function and fill in each circle, which will then produce this drawing:

And for a more thorough test, run the provided testBullsEye function as follows: 

if __name__ == "__main__":
   testBullsEye()

and it should produce this drawing:

Task 2: Rectangular flowers

Partner B

In this task, you'll draw a flower where each of the five "petals" is a rectangle with the specified width and height dimensions. Each "petal" is rotated 72 degrees from its successor (72 x 5 = 360, so the petals are evenly spaced around the flower). Just as above, initially, keep your rectangles as just outlines, we will fill them in with color later.

Write a rectFlower function that (initially) takes two parameters:

  1. width: the width of the rectangular petal
  2. height: the height of the rectangular petal

Here is a table of some sample invocations:

rectFlower(75, 30)
rectFlower(200, 125)
rectFlower(200,34)

If your rectFlower matches for the above invocations, then go back and edit the function so that it fills in the flower with a color. This means you will need to add a color parameter.

Here is a close up of the rectFlower('orange' 75, 30) filled with color:

Note: Overlapping regions may display as filled in with the given color, as opposed to white for Windows users.

And here are the above flowers filled with color:

Note that when you fill a region where the rectangles overlap, the overlapping areas are filled in with white.

Task 3: Make your own flower function

Partner A

Using the examples above, write your own custom flower function, called it customFlower. You and your partner can decide how it should look. You have full creative freedon. You can change parameters, colors, the shape of the petals, anything you like. This function won't return anything, it will merely draw.

If you are so inclined, upload a screenshot of your flower to this shared google folder (you must be logged into your Wellesley gmail account in order to be able to access this folder).

Task 4: Bouquet

Partner B

Write a function called bouquet that will create a bouquet of 4 flowers (using any invocation of rectFlower or your own flower function). Note that every flower is not in the same alignment as its neighbors.

Here is one example of a bouquet:

Consider:

[OPTIONAL] Task 5: Bunch of bouquets

Partner A

Write a function called flowerField that will create four bouquets of 4 flowers each so that the flowers do not overlap at all and are evenly spaced (using any invocation of rectFlower or your own flower function). You have creative freedom to design your pattern as you and your partner like.

Here is one example of a pattern of 4 bouquets:

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