Lesson 2 - Pong Game

Opening Circle:

- Show and tell. Have you created a scratch project that you want to show everyone? Or have you found one that you like? When commenting on other people's projects, make sure you say nice things. It could be someone's first project, so you should be encouraging.

- Some examples: Tennis https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/2190/

- What are Coordinates? https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/coordinates.html Use coordinates (0,0) to put your sprite (the a ball) in the middle of the screen

- What are Costumes, Scripts, Data and Variables, Loops

Activity:

- Create a Pong Game:

• Log in to your account on scratch.mit.edu

• click Create to start a new project

• click the question mark in the upper right corner, then click Step-by-Step, then 'Create a Pong Game'. Follow the steps in this tutorial.

Discuss:

- What are Coordinates? https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/coordinates.html Use coordinates (0,0) to put your sprite (the cat, or in our case today a ball) in the middle of the screen

- What are Costumes, Scripts, Data and Variables, Loops

Closing Circle:

- How could you change your game to be more interesting?

- Advanced project: Remix https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/10128515/

REMIX TIPS:

* Change what the ball looks like.

* Change the score if the ball touches the paddle.

* Add music that plays when the green flag is clicked.

* Add another ball using the duplicate tool

* Increase the speed of the ball each time it hits the paddle.