Scratch Lesson

  • Preliminaries
    • If you have not already installed Scratch, go to http://scratch.mit.edu/download. It only takes 60 seconds.
    • You probably already have java installed, but just in case: http://www.java.com/en/
    • When you play a game online, allow Java to run in your browser
    • Source code for the projects we will be building is found below as attachments. So is the silly powerpoint.
  • Introduction (5 minutes) download
  • Dumb First Project (10 minutes) download
    • Blocks and colors
    • Beginning and ending
    • Moving a "Sprite"
    • Changing "costumes"
    • Adding sounds
    • Tidying code
    • Code attached below
    • Save and upload
    • Download
  • First Recess (10 minutes)
  • Second Project: Classic Pong (15 minutes) download
    • Pointing in Direction
    • Random turns
    • Touching color
    • Variables
    • Tidying code
    • Code attached below
  • Second Recess (15 minutes)
  • The Scratch Social Network (10 minutes)
  • Third Project: Creating Internal Angles of Regular Polygons (10) download
    • Discovering the Pen
    • Teaching Class Material
    • Geometric Principles
  • Third Recess (10 minutes)