Learn Scratch Programming in 8 Weeks (Ages 9 - 14)

In this ongoing 8-week course, students will be introduced to the common code blocks in Scratch. They will learn a variety of computational concepts that will help them develop as logical and creative thinkers. They will create projects such as interactive stories, animations, music, and art with Scratch. 

We will cover the following topics:

     Week 1 Scratch Tour + Motion: Students will learn about the Scratch interface and walk through the various elements used to build their programs. We will focus on motion and they will build a program that incorporates movement.

     Week 2 Dinosaur Animation: Students learn how to create a dinosaur animation using costume sprites.

    Week 3 Aquarium Creation: Students will work with sprites and backgrounds. They will learn how to use communication such as sounds, thought and speech bubbles to create their own aquarium. 

     Week 4 Animated Storytelling: Students will learn about backdrops, the stage script editor, and broadcasting commands to create an animated story.

     Week 5 Creating Music: Students will learn about the music extension and how to add, code, and manipulate notes to play a song or create their own melody.

     Week 6 Pencil Creations: Students will add the pen tools extension, code a sprite to follow their mouse, and how to draw with a sprite.

     Week 7 Logical Blocks: Students will learn about sensing commands and how to use it to ask for information from the user. They will also be introduced to conditional statements such as the (If... then) statement.

     Week 8 Game Creation: Students will create a fun game using their prior knowledge, conditionals, and sensing.