Scratch Programming: Level 3 Coding Projects - FLEX

Please note this is the flex class. There are NO live meetings for this class. The material will be posted weekly and participation will be done through Outschool & Scratch. You can view the material during the week at your own convenience. FLEX classes are great for Scratch Tutorials/Classes because there is plenty of time to explain the code, finish the program, and go back in case you missed a step. So during a FLEX class you will be able to watch the whole process on how the games are made and the explanations!

***Before taking this class, if you don’t have experience using loops, variables, conditionals (if/if else), operators (and, or, etc.), events and experience using Scratch, I recommend you take my other flex class for intermediate learners: "Scratch Programming: Lvl 2 Coding Projects - FLEX". It will help you understand intermediate concepts and how to create more interactive games.

BASIC: https://bit.ly/2QQUgwA 
LVL 1 FLEX: https://bit.ly/3tyF7yH
LVL 2 FLEX: https://bit.ly/3svm8Dx
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OVERVIEW:
This is a 4 week project oriented course where students will be guided via video lessons that I have pre-recorded, along with optional project extensions and challenges related to the topics covered that week. I encourage everyone to attempt the optional extensions and share your code so that the group can provide feedback.

Each week students will get access to:
- A video detailing the step by step process on creating the project of the week and explaining the programming concepts
- An extension to the project in the video.
- Feedback on projects and on any questions the students have relating to the topics covered via the message board

STUDENT to STUDENT INTERACTION:
Since we can share projects on Scratch, students will post a link of their extended projects when they finish. Then the other students should play their altered game and leave a comment on what they think or like about the students' extensions.

WEEKLY LESSON PLAN:
Week #1 - Ghost Whisperer 
Summary: A story/game about a ghost who needs our help to find his friends! 

Week #2 - Maze Trace
Summary: A fun game where our sprite needs to find his way out of a bunch of labyrinths and avoid the monsters in his way!

Week #3 - Alien Abduction
Summary: A game about a UFO who keeps abducting rabbits and the skeletons that get in it's way!

Week # 4 - Pencil Track
Summary: A game where we draw a track while we have our sports cars/bikes follow the track to the finish line!

Students will learn different programming concepts including how to:
■    Use Functions for more efficient and clean code
■    Use lists
■    Use sensing options such as draw, video inputs and text to speech
■    Design more interactive and complex games
■    Etc.