****This class is designed for BEGINNER level Scratch coders.****
DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU HAVE TAKEN SEMESTER 2. This lesson is covered in my Semester 2 class and your child will be repeating if they have already completed semester 2 with me.

My style of teaching is very patient, interactive, and engaging. Each student will be able to share and express themselves as they feel comfortable. Each lesson will leave them excited to create projects using the coding knowledge they acquired in class. 

This is a ‘Beginners’ game. These lessons will walk you through building a game in which a spacecraft is navigated through mountains.  These lessons focus on introducing the side-scrolling effect and explaining in detail how to build it in Scratch. As you play a side-scrolling game, you move from the left side of the screen to the right to meet an objective.

Please see below for a list of Scratch skills covered:
-The address (or ‘x’ and ‘y’ values) of a sprite on the stage
-Variables
-Looping
-Conditional statements (‘if’ & ‘if-else’ blocks)
-Coordinating the actions of multiple sprites using the ‘broadcast’ and ‘when I receive’ blocks
-Creating a sensor using the ‘touching color’ block

Lesson 1: Get the Starter Project. Upload the starter project to your Scratch account.
Objectives:
-  Place the mountains
- Move the mountains
-Make the spaceship fly

Lesson 2: Gameplay
Objectives:
-Prevent the spaceship from going on top of the mountains by giving it a consequence for crashing into a mountain
-Reward the user for navigating through all 3 mountain sprites successfully, and reaching the finish line
-Add ‘lives’ to our game, and give the user 3 chances to navigate through the mountains.
-Make the game gradually more challenging by adding levels and programming the mountain sprites to move faster and faster as you progress through the levels
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Please test your devices for compatibility prior to registering for this class. Go here to test: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted

Scratch will run in most current web browsers on desktops, laptops, and tablets. The Chrome browser is ideal. Internet Explorer is NOT supported. If you encounter a WebGL error, try a different browser.

*****If using an iPad/tablet, a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse will be required for all the functions to work properly.****

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The material in this lesson is licensed through CreateCodeLoad. I ask that you please not publish the game publicly on Scratch. You may take the concepts you learned to publicly share a game you create using your own graphics and code.

I am offering 1 scholarship to each of my classes to disadvantaged students who may need financial assistance. If you, or someone you know, can benefit from this, please pass this on. To apply for the scholarship, message me directly to see if the scholarship spot is still available for a specific class. After approval, you can enroll and I'll give a manual refund.