1 – 12 Extend

In this session, you will extend and reimagine games in Scratch. Get into game design by adding extended features within your Scratch project, called extensions.

Goals

· Students can explain the concepts of conditionals, operators, and data and describe programs that illustrate common game mechanics

Objectives

· Students will explore extensions and game mechanics

· Students will imagine how to integrate extensions into their own game design

Getting Started

Vocabulary

· Reusing and remixing – making something by building on what others or you have done

· Abstracting and modularizing – building something large by putting together collections of smaller parts

Instruction

1. Go to the Extensions studio: http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/475619 and explore the extensions

2. Select at least four extensions to use in your game design

3. Answer the Wrap-up Questions prompts in your design journal

Feeling stuck? Try this…

Select one extension and click the See Inside button to explore every script that makes that extension work

Want to do more?

· Help a friend!

· The backpack can be an extremely useful tool while programming in Scratch. It can store everything from lines of code, to music files, to sprites, and more. Try using it to incorporate extensions into your game projects.

Wrap-up Questions

· What are different ways of increasing difficulty in a game (describe 2)?

· Which extensions did you add to your game project?

· Describe your reasons for including the extension(s) in your game?

Measurement

· Students incorporated four extensions into their game design and explain why they chose them