$99 per student (Ages 8-18).
Must bring laptop to class.
Structure
The course is split into three days of 4-hours each. Beginning and Intermediate Classes are
instructor-led and introduce new concepts in Scratch by way of many quick lessons, each with hands-on
examples, practice, and experimentation.
A playable game will be developed in Scratch from scratch (pun intended).
The optional Advanced Class is instructor-assisted and provides group sharing,
discussion, solutions to more challenging Scratch concepts, and creation of a collaborative project.
After each 4-hour class, the student will be able to work on their own, from home, or anywhere with
internet access, to create their own programs and share them with others, using the concepts learned.
Day 1: Beginning Scratch Programming (4 hours)
• Unit 1: Stage! Play and “See inside” other people’s projects, change backdrops, “Remix” projects.
• Unit 2: Sprites! Costumes, bitmap vs. vector images, animations, sound, and speech bubbles.
• Unit 3: Scripts! Using programming blocks, modifying code, repeating blocks, and graphic effects.
• Unit 4: Music! Coding musical instruments, drums, notes and tempo, to make simple songs.
• Unit 5: Move! Making Sprites move continuously, bounce, and glide around using coordinates.
• Unit 6: Sketch! Draw colorful designs using iteration, properties, conditionals, and Sprite stamping.
• Unit 7: Action! Using variables, using “hat block” events, resetting, capture user input, debugging.
• Unit 8: Score! Sensing, collision detection, multiple lives, random numbers, creating a Rocket Game.