Day 3
These are resources provided for participants in "Scratch Camp" and Scratch programming / learning events sponsored through the Div Jr. Program in Edmond, Oklahoma.
Curriculum for Scratch Camp by Div Jr instructors is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Please direct questions about this curriculum to staff at The Div.
Introductions
Welcome to Scratch Day 2012 (Happy 5th Birthday Scratch!)
Scratch Day | Welcome 2012 from ScratchEd on Vimeo.
Let's Play Scratch Bingo! (This activity is included as page 15 in the Scratch Workshop Design Guide)
Goals
Explore and play some cool Scratch games
Learn some techniques for creating games in Scratch
Create a 'maze' type game in Scratch
Explore and Play
Let's start with an "8 Block Scratch Challenge." In 15 minutes, create a cool project in Scratch using just these 8 blocks. (This activity is included as page 16 in the Scratch Workshop Design Guide)
To see what's possible with game design in Scratch, check out these examples:
These were included in Karen Brennan's ScratchED post, "BLC Pre-Conference Workshop: Let's Play! Game Design with Scratch - Monday, July 15, 2012"
More projects to explore:
MAZE Projects (from ScratchEdTeam)
GAMES Gallery (from ScratchEdTeam)
Here are some sample projects to enhance a Scratch game (including MAZE games):
adding score
adding timer
adding enemies
adding rewards
adding more levels
These were included in Karen Brennan's ScratchED post, "BLC Pre-Conference Workshop: Let's Play! Game Design with Scratch - Monday, July 15, 2012"
CREATE
Create your own MAZE Scratch game!
Check out this sample MAZE game for ideas and helpful blocks to use.
This handout has helpful tips and instructions for creating a MAZE game! This tutorial explains how to start a new level also!
These links were included in Karen Brennan's "Let's Play" post on ScratchED.
SHARE
Please upload / share the projects you create today to your Scratch profile. This Scratch project explains how! (Press the spacebar to move between slides.)
Here are some questions we'll ask and discuss as we share our Scratch projects:
How did you do that?
What did you get stuck on? How did you get unstuck?
What are you most proud of? Why?
What might you want to do next?
Remember you can check out and link to your classmates' Scratch profiles at the bottom of our July 2012 Scratch Camp homepage.