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# Watching the A* in Action

In this tutorial, students will complete the code for the A\* algorithm and be able to follow it through as it finds a path.

## Materials

- [S0406SolutionU6.zip](https://storage.googleapis.com/learn-platform-bucket-production/tutorial/c409670b-02da-5b09-a475-8c45534d56e8/versions%5B_key==%22ec99f82a46d54b27b82286ea6a492b7b%22%5D.materials%5B_key==%228b8377e7f605%22%5D.file/S0406SolutionU6_20260320_142830.zip)

## 1. Watching the A* in Action

In this tutorial, students will complete the code for the A\* algorithm and be able to follow it through as it finds a path.

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