/coderdojo-scratch-series

Presentation materials for the 6-week series for Scratch

coderdojo-scratch-series

Presentation materials for the 6-week series for Scratch

We will be covering the concepts that go beyond the basics of costumes, movement, and easy conditionals.

Week 1 focus: Messages, using a seasonally adjusted pong variant
presentation here handout here
starter: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17731969
example: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/13500919
(not in slides--bonus material)
Parallax view: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17398388
Flappy Bird: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/16743509

Week 2 focus: custom-defined Code Blocks, using an app that models the 'unplugged' activity
(work in progress: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17624370/
maybe finish with the lego model creator: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17192530 )

Week 3 focus: Clones
presentation here starter: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17772258
example: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/17450708

Week 4: focus: operators (logical and mathematical) Maybe spirograph: (easy math, more eye candy) http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/14966/ (trig, less scripts, still pretty) http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/3240756 Maybe gift toss -> Angry Birds: GT: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2238694 AB: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2294898

Week 5: Deeper dive into ordinary scratch Importing SVGs Editing Music/sounds Offline Editor (and maybe Lego Mindstorm)

Week 6: Other Learning resources? Alternatives: BYOB/Snap ; Blockly ; Tynker Growth: Javascript (from Khan Academy; blockly)