The document provides an overview of the Scratch programming environment, detailing its user interface components such as the stage, block palette, scripts area, sprites pane, and toolbar. It also explains various block types including looks, motion, sound, control, events, and operators that facilitate programming and manipulation of sprites. The resource serves as a foundational guide for users new to Scratch, emphasizing its educational application.

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the stage - this is where your product is shown, it’s the visual result of code blocks
the block palette - this contains scratch’s equivalent of code (blocks)
the scripts area - this is where you arrange your blocks to make things happen
the sprites pane - backdrops and sprites are managed here
the toolbar - similar to most programs, the save and open dialogues are here
the scratch user interface
the stage
the block
palette
the scripts area
the sprites pane
the toolbar

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block palette groups
used to alter the appearance of the sprite
eg. colours, costumes, speech bubbles
looks
controls the direction and speed of the sprites on the stage
motion
controls sounds attached to sprites
sound
tools that allow users to draw on the stage
pen

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allows the user to make and store variables
data
control blocks dictate the behaviour of other blocks placed
within/after them
eg. repeat forever
control
plays a block after a specific event
eg. keys clicked, start flag clicked
events
blocks that detect different factors including distances,
mouse position and date/time
sensing
used to combine/compare blocks and execute a variety of
other mathematical operations
operators