These slides and the video capture the key ideas that are covered in the class. These are designed to be self-contained. We strongly recommend that parents and students review these slides/video and try out the small code snippets before and while attempting the independent activity for the class.
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Class 1 – Course Introduction, Create a Scratch Account
Create a Scratch Account
Class Notes (Create Scratch Account)
Class Notes (Course Introduction)
There are three important steps to creating Scratch Account
- Create an account
- Make sure your username is different from your real name
- Verify your email to enable your account for sharing
How to Submit Assignments
Guidelines to submit Independent activities
Common Problems
Don’t see the Orange Share button? This video might help.
Class 2 – Sprite, your new friend
Class Material and Notes
Create a simple animation using Scratch Program. Concepts covered –
- Introduction to Scratch
- Adding Sprites
- Changing Backdrops
- Creating simple comic
Independent Activity
Create a simple animation using Scratch Program.
Some more Bonus Ideas
Paint attractive backgrounds and sprites.
Use text to speech block
Type text on backdrop and sprites
Common Mistakes
Reset Everything at the Beginning – The Sprites do not come back to original position and/or are hidden if we click the flag multiple times. (See the video )
Class 3 – Sprite wants to draw
Class Material
Concepts covered include –
- Number line – XY coordinates
- Go to and Glide blocks
- Pen block – Drawing
Independent Activity
Create a simple drawing using Scratch Program.
Some more Bonus ideas
Draw a circle or semi-circle, polygon pattern, spiral, donut etc.
Common Mistakes
Set vs change pen color – See the video to make sure you are using the set and change blocks correctly.
Class 4 – Sprite wants to dance
Class Material
The video teaches how to make a dance party on the Scratch platform. The concepts covered in the video are –
- Costume change
- Move and glide blocks
- Flip sprites
- Add music
Independent Activity
Create a dance party.
Some More Bonus Ideas
Make the sprite do a somersault
Use color effects, fisheye effect, whirl effect , day/night effect, ghost effect,
Create mosaic of sprites
Class 5 – Sprite wants an answer
Class Material
Create a quiz game on the Scratch platform. The concepts covered in the video are –
- Ask blocks
- If, Then,Else
- Repeat Until
- Operators
Independent Activity
Create a quiz
Common Mistakes
In this activity we use REPEAT UNTIL to create a persistent quiz master who asks us questions till a correct answer is given. This video talks in detail about this feature. This video takes a deeper look and identifies the common problems when using this feature.
Class 6 – Mid Term Revision and Quiz
Class Material (Live Quiz)
Key Learning Objectives
- Revise the concepts covered so far with an interactive quiz.
- Provide students a chance to consolidate their learning and build an independent project of their choice.
Class 7 – Sprite wants to play maze game
Class Material
In this video we will learn how to make a maze game on the Scratch platform. The concepts covered in the video are –
- Sensing Blocks
- If, Then,Else
- Loops
Class 8 – Introducing variables through paint game
Class Material
Learn how to build a Paint game in Scratch.
Learn about variables:
- What variables are, how they work?
- How can variables be defined, set and changed?
- How can we see the value of variables?
- The use of sliders
Independent Activity
Create a Paint Game
A common Problem
Please take a look at this video where we discuss a problem that students sometimes run into where they see that the color slider appears to not work. In solving this problem, we also come up with an enhanced project.
Class 9 – Sprite Wants to Catch
Class Material
Build a Catch game in Scratch. Concepts covered –
- Reinforcing concepts of variables
- Duplicate Sprites
- Keeping score
- Timer
Class 10 – Sprite Wants to Broadcast
Class Material
These video talks about –
- Introduction to Broadcast
- Uses of Broadcast
Independent Activity
Create a Spot the Hero game
An enhancement to the original game — Avoiding Overlapping sprites
Class 11 – Revision and Quiz
Class Material (Live Quiz)
Key Learning Objectives
- Revise the concepts covered so far with an interactive quiz.
- Provide students a chance to consolidate their learning.
Independent Activity
Prepare for the project showcase