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    Introduction to Scratch

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    What is Scratch?
    • Scratch is a free programmable toolkit that enables
    us to create our own
    – Games
    – Animated stories and
    – Interactive art

    • We can share our creations with one another over


    the internet

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    Games

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    Animated stories

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    Using the Scratch screen

    Block pallet
    Adding sounds Stage
    Start and
    Stop buttons

    Scripts area

    Resource Area:

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    Main components in the Scratch window

    Stage:
    A large white rectangle in the top-left corner where all the animation appears.

    Resource area:
    Area where you can choose which sprite or background to work on.

    Block Palette:
    Contains all the programming blocks that you can use in your programs. They are arranged
    into categories including motion, looks, control and so on.

    Scripts area
    Area on the right-hand side that contains your scripts
    Blocks are dragged from the Block Palette into the Scripts Area to build your script.
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    Sprites
    ▪ A sprite is any object that can take the form of shapes and
    characters, animals and even a clickable button etc.

    ▪ A sprite is a small graphic that can be moved independently


    around the screen, producing animated effects.

    ▪ Sprites are controlled by the code blocks.

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    Adding sprites to your project

    • We can add different sprites to our project from


    – the library in scratch (default sprites)
    – by drawing our own sprites

    • Let’s see how we choose a default sprite from the


    sprite library.

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    Costumes
    • Costumes are alternate appearances of sprites.

    • You can see the sprite’s different costumes by clicking on the Costumes tab
    just above the Block Palette to the left of your Code Area.

    • You’ll see that the different costumes are named and categorized by letters.

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    Make sprites walk around
    • To make a sprite move around the Stage, you need to use
    coordinates. Coordinates are numbers that represent an exact
    location.

    • The x-coordinate (also called x position) is a number that


    represents how far left or right a sprite is on the Stage.

    • The y-coordinate (also called y position) is a number that


    represents how far up or down a sprite is on the Stage.

    Scratch Programming Playground, 2nd Edition (Sample Chapter) © 9/14/20 by Al Sweigart 16


    Coordinates

    Used together, x and coordinates


    indicate the sprite’s precise
    location on the Stage.

    Scratch Programming Playground, 2nd Edition (Sample Chapter) © 9/14/20 by Al Sweigart 17


    Motion blocks
    • Many of the blocks in the dark blue Motion category will
    change a sprite’s x and y position.

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    Events
    • Events in computer science are the triggers for making action happen,
    like selecting the play button on any screen.

    • Events in Scratch are represented by the yellow codes including:


    when flag clicked, when sprite clicked, when key pressed and
    broadcast etc.

    • Broadcasting is the most advanced event in Scratch and helps with


    interactions between sprites.

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    https://goopenva.org/courseware/lesson/1221/overview
    Activity 1- Creating an animation
    1. Open the scratch program.
    2. Add a suitable background.
    3. Add any two sprites that you like and make a small animation.
    4. Your sprites should move and change the costumes.
    • Hint : Can use the given blocks below to make your animation.

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    Activity 2 –Build a band

    • Build your own music-inspired Scratch project by pairing sprites with


    sounds to design interactive instruments.

    • You can choose instruments from the sprite library or create on your
    own.

    • Use sound blocks and try to make them play more than once using
    repeat blocks

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