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Basic Scratch

Basic Scratch
 Download Scratch at home

Here's the  link to the version of Scratch we'll be using in this course

 Download the full Scheme of Work

Here's a downloadable pdf of the whole scheme of work.

 Announcements
Section 1
 Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan for our first lesson.

Objectives:

What: Find out how Scratch scripts work
How: Telling bad jokes
Why: Get used to using sequences of instructions

Resources

 Video tutorial: Bad joke
 Video tutorial - Improving the joke
 Video tutorial: Adding some movement

Uploads and Classwork

 Write your bad joke here!
 Upload your finished Scratch file

Homework

 Watch Sonic the Hedgehog
 Sonic Homework
Section 2
 Lesson Plan

Objectives

What: Find out how sprites and costumes work
How: By making characters move
Why: So we understand what sprites can do

Resources

 Instructions
 Video tutorial - Sprites and costumes
 Video tutorial -Looks
 Video tutorial: Sensing keys
 Video tutorial: Collision detection

Uploads and Classwork

 Upload your Challenge file here
Section 3
 Lesson Plan

Here is the lesson plan for our third session.

Resources

Objectives

What: Find out how to repeat instructions
How: Using Loops (forever and repeat)
Why: 
So we can run simple instructions lots of times

Uploads and Classwork

 Upload your favourite Scratch files

Homework

 Drawing Shapes
 Upload your homework Scratch files
 Going Loopy
Section 4

Objectives

What: Make a simple game
How: Using Scratch
Why: Learn basic control routines

Resources

 Step 1: Follow me!
 Step 2: Dodgeball
 Step 3: Ouch!

Complete the following in any order you like!

 Extension 1: Points
 Extension 2: Difficulty
 Extension 3: Easy,medium or hard
 Extension 3: Easy,medium or hard

Uploads

 Upload your game
Section 5

Objectives

What: Learn how to do more in Scratch
How:
 By completing a racing game
Why: 
So we can create more interesting games

Resources

 Racing game SB file

Download the .sb file of the racing game here

 Racing game instructions

Here are the instructions for the racing game

 What's going on?

Handy powerpoint here

Uploads and Classwork

 Upload your finished racing game
 Upload your description here

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Contact

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Phone: (+374 10) 57 06 77

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