Moving Letters

Essential Question: How can I use broadcasts to make my letters dance and stop?

Mastery Objectives:

• SWBAT move sprites in scratch.

• SWBAT broadcast messages in scratch.

Days on Project: 1

Do Now: Create a new project and add the letters of your name to the stage. You can use your nickname only if it has four or more letters. You can also use your last name if you prefer. 

Directions: Insert a letter sprite into Scratch for each letter of your name. Create two buttons: stop and dance. When the stop button is clicked, all the letters will stop moving, face 90 degrees, and return to it's original position. When the dance button is clicked, all the sprites dance/move/change costume. When the sprite is clicked, it will dance/move/change. 

Requirements:

• A letter sprite for each letter in your name. Nicknames are okay if they are larger than 3 letters. No initials.

• A dance button that broadcasts the message "dance".

• A stop button that broadcasts the message "stop".

• A music button that plays music when it is clicked. You can use the sounds from Scratch or import your own .mp3 file.

• The music button should stop when it receives the message "stop".

• The letters should all stop when they receive the message "stop".

• The letters should all move/dance/change costume when they receive the message "dance".

• The letters should all move/dance/change costume when they are clicked on.

• Change the background of your project.