Resource for Day 4 of Coding Camp at Westerville Public Library. Provides step-by-step instructions to complete simple Scratch activities to help students become familiar with tool.

1. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 1: FIRST PROJECT
1. Go to the Looks tab. Select a Say block. Drag it to the building area.
2. Drag a second Say block to the building area. Attach it to the first block
so they click together.

2. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 1: FIRST PROJECT
3. Click on the word “Hello” in the second “say” block. Type a different
message.
4. Go to the brown Events tab. Drag the top brown block with the green
flag to the building area. Attach it above the “Say” blocks.
5. Play your program by clicking on the

3. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 2: MOVE IT!
1. Click on “File”, “New”, and “OK” to discard the last project.
2. Add these blocks to the building area:
Test the program. Change the number of steps to see how far different
distances are.

4. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 2: MOVE IT!
3. Add a forever loop to the program (found in the Control section). Put
the move block inside the forever loop.
4. Does the cat eventually stop moving? Find a block that makes the
sprite bounce when on the edge of stage instead of stopping.
The more steps the cat moves, the faster he bounces
back and forth.
5. The cat keeps standing on its head. Click the in the corner of the
cat on the sprite list. Change the rotation style to and see what the cat
does.

5. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 3: LOOPS
1. Click on “File”, “New”, and “OK” to discard the last project.
2. Create a forever loop that makes the sprite turn 15 degrees and
change color effect by 25.

6. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 3: LOOPS
3. Experiment with sound by using a repeat loop block.
Try changing the number of repeats. Experiment with the program to see
what else you can do.

7. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 4: PARTY TIME!
1. Click on “File”, “New”, and “OK” to discard the last project.
2. Add a backdrop to your stage. Click on underneath the stage.
Select a background.

8. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
PART 4: PARTY TIME!
3. Create a light show by clicking on the small picture of the stage in the
stage info area so that it has a blue rectangle around it:
Then add this script to the scripts section:
4. Click on the Sounds tab, and click on this
icon to choose a sound from the library. Cre- ate a second script
with the below content (using whatever music you chose) to create a nev-
er-ending dance party!

9. SCRATCH INTRODUCTION
BUILDING CHALLENGE
Make whatever program you like using only the blocks on the attached
sheet.
• You can use the same block multiple times—but you can only use these
blocks.
• You can change the specific information each block does. (For exam-
ple, the “say” block can say anything—not just “hello.”)
• You can add more sprites and change the background.
• You must use the number of blocks required from each category.