1. Scratch Workshop
Thursday, August 26, 2010

2. What is Scratch?
Scratch is a programming language that makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music and art
Designed to help young people (ages 8+) to develop 21st Century skills

3. Scratch Interface Green Flag Stage Blocks Palette Scripts Area
Sprite List

4. Snapping Blocks
When you load Scratch, your default sprite (character) will be the Scratch mascot
To animate this sprite, you must drag and drop the blocks from the Block Palette into the Scripts Area

5. Making Your Sprite Do Stuff
Snapping these blocks together will move the sprite 10 steps while simultaneously rotating it 15 degrees... when the sprite on the Stage is clicked

6. Deleting Sprites
You can delete your sprite by right-clicking on its icon in the Sprite List and selecting delete.

7. Adding Sprites
You can add sprites clicking folder/star icon above the Sprite List Each sprite has its own Script Window

8. Modifying the Background
To modify the background, double click in the white space on the Stage then click on the Background tab in the Scripts Area

9. 8 Blocks!
Using only these 8 blocks, create a project in which something surprising happens to a monkey.

10. Interactive Us!
Create a project that helps others learn about you and the things you care about.

11. Maze!

12. Collide!

13. Telling Stories
Slide show
Choose your own adventure
Animation

14. Slideshow Stories Concepts: Changing stages Use of “Next” command
Bonus additions:
Sound files
Hiding sprites
Example files:
The Scratch Story of HopeD.sb
$100..sb

15. Choose Your Own Adventure Stories
Concepts:
Changing stages
Introduction of “IF” commands
Use of variables
Example files:
kostya 23.sb

16. Animation Type Concepts: Changing costumes Use of “wait” command
Adding sounds and voices
Example files:
Wavingguy.sb

17. Connections to ICS2O Programming Constructs Variables Input/Output
Selection
Repetition
Strings
Lists
Messaging
Parallelism

18. ICS 2O1: A Scratch Unit Full year – 7 weeks Semester – 3 – 4 weeks
2-3 hours – Introduction to Scratch
have the students hand in something (ex. Sailboat.sb)
9-10 hours – Sequence, Selection, Repetition
mix up small and medium sized programs
2-3 hours – Variables
6-8 hours – Project
(Example: Maze_Pacman.sb)

19. Resources http://learnscratch.org/