Speed Racer
Welcome to the SpeedRacer page. In this activity we will learn how to use Scratch and how to control the speed of our cars.
Here are the steps to follow:
Complete the online survey about speed
Create a new Scratch project
Create a background that is a racing track (top view)
Change Sprite1 to a car
Create a script to turn your car left and right with the arrow keys
Create a script that starts the car moving forward when the green flag is clicked
Test your game
Change the speed of your car with the up and down arrows (add a variable)
EXTRA: Measure the time and distance it takes to go all the way around the track - calculate your average speed.
shortcut to this http://bit.ly/scratchmotion
Here is an example speed racer project