Intro to Scratch

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• Computing
• Primary Education

Welcome to....

What are you going to learn?

In this lesson you will learn how to:

• Create simple codes

• Predict what codes will do
  

Coding?

What do we already know about...

Hi, I'm Scratch the Cat!

• I can do so many things!

• But there's just one problem...

• You have to tell me what to do first! 

• Without instructions, I can't do anything!

First, you have to drag the Green Flag into the coding area to tell me it's time to go!

Well done! 

Now drag the forward block next to the green flag and see what happens...

Wait for it....

Watch me go!

How do you feel about completing your very first code?

In Scratch Jr, there are lots of blocks which give lots of different instructions. Here are some of them. 

What do you predict these will do?

Did you guess correctly?

Down

Grow

Left

Shrink

Up

Hop

Can you match the instruction to the correct block?

Hop

Down

Grow

Shrink

Up

You can also choose different characters by clicking here...

And different backgrounds here...

Let's give it a go!

Open up Scratch Jr on your device and see if you can solve the challenges using the blocks we have looked at...

Let's give it a go!

Open up Scratch Jr on your device and see if you can solve the challenges using the blocks we have looked at...

Can you make a fish swim around under the sea?

Can you make two children perform the same dance routine in their school show?

Open up Scratch Jr on your device and see if you can solve the challenges using the blocks we have looked at...

Let's give it a go!

Take a screenshot of your code and upload it here!

How do you feel about your project?

Next session we will create a project together. Where shall we set the project?

1

In Space

2

On the Farm

3

At School

4

In the Jungle

Excellent job everyone!

• Today we learned how to: 

• Create simple codes

• Predict what codes will do