Scratch Programming Intro – Maze Game

Objective:

Introduce, demonstrate and facilitate using Scratch Programming and a makey makey controller.

Goals:

Create a video game

Create an animation scene

Merge video game and animation

Use makey makey to control game

1. Introduce Scratch
   1. www.scratch.com
   2. Offer to create an account for saving purposes
   3. Click “Create”
2. Background
   1. Show off images
   2. Find the X/Y coordinate image
   3. Demonstrate making a personalized backdrop
3. Sprites
   1. Show off sprite images
   2. Demonstrate how to make your own sprite
   3. Grow / Shrink buttons
   4. Open X / Y Coord and show how to place sprite and where it is on the grid
4. Scripts
   1. Make sure X/Y coord backdrop is open
   2. Event
      1. When Flag clicked to start program
   3. Control
      1. Forever loop
      2. If else loops
   4. Sensing
      1. (Sensing)Left, right buttons are clicked something will happen
      2. (Add to control loops)
      3. (Sensing) Show video ** ONLY IF TIME
   5. Looks
      1. (Looks)Change the costume
      2. (Looks)Say something
   6. Motion
      1. (Motion)Change by x
      2. (Motion)Change by y
      3. Positive and negative values
   7. Hitting a wall
      1. (Sensing)If hitting a certain color then reset sprite
   8. Reset Sprite
      1. (Motion)Reset sprite on start as well
   9. Point in direction
      1. (Motion)Point in direction left or right
   10. Backdrop
       1. (Looks) Change to next background
       2. (Sound) Add Sound
       3. (Scripts on BG) Add a sound script