2010 Summer SCRATCH Design Challenge for students in grades 3-5.
The programming software our students downloaded and used to create their games. Developed by MIT.
Connect with educators from around the world to have discussions revolving around SCRATCH. A great place to find resources as an educator.
Screencasts already created. Helpful for the new user of SCRATCH.
"Movement, Looping (repeat/forever) and Bouncing on Edge"
"Change effects (colour, etc), Press key and Wait ? sec."
Adding Effects to your Sprite
"Importing New Sprites and Speaking/Thinking"
Create a Comic Strip
"Create Your Own Animation Using Costumes"
Adding Backgrounds, Using Motion, Looks and Control
"X & Y Coordinates and Pen Down Effect"
Using "go to x:__ y:__" to draw shapes
"Sensing Feature/Hide and Show"
Reacting to the Mouse Pointer...
"Broadcasting and Receiving"
Linking Sprite Scripts
Sending and Receiving Messages to Change Your Sprite or Background
"Variables and Keeping Score"
Put the Score on the Stage
"Putting It All Together"
Create a Video Game
Edit Your Sprites
Use the Paint Editor to Modify Sprites
A resource providing a number of tutorials for those wanting to learn more in SCRATCH.
This rubric was developed for the Summer SCRATCH Design Challenge. The first part is to help the students brainstorm their game or animation. Last page was used to critique the final designs.
This was the letter sent home to students who were interested in participating in the 2010 Summer SCRATCH Design Challenge.