Scratch is an educational programming language and multimedia tool that allows students, teachers, and parents to create a variety of projects for education and entertainment, such as math and science simulations, recordings of lectures with animations, interactive stories in social sciences, and art and music. The name "Scratch" refers to the ease of mixing different projects, like how DJs can easily mix sounds, as the tool was created by the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT in 2003 to be accessible for learners of all ages.

2. Scratch is an educational programming language and
multimedia authoring tool that can be used by
students, scholars, teachers, and parents for a range
of educational and
entertainment constructivist projects
from math and science projects, including simulations
and visualizations of experiments, recording lectures
with animated presentations, to social
sciences animated stories, and interactive art and
music.

3. The name was derived from
the turntablism's technique
of scratching(i.e. mixing sounds), relating
the ease of mixing sounds to the ease of
mixing projects made with Scratch.

4. The first version of Scratch was
developed in 2003 by the Lifelong
Kindergarten group, led by Mitchel
Resnick, at the MIT Media Lab.