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Contributed by Dimitris Nikolos, December 15, 2010
Can you make a drawing pair of compasses, a helpscreen in seconds? And how can you hide the correct answer to a quiz when your program is in everybody's screen?
  • Original Author: Dimitris Nikolos
  • Education Level: Preschool and Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College and University, Professional Development, Other
  • Content Types: Audio and Video, Sample Scratch Project, Tutorial
  • Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Education, Technology, Visual Arts, Other
  • Keywords: video tutorial, intermediate, help screen, quiz, stamp

In this video you can see how to create a pair of compasses that actually draws a circle. The trick of changing costume just to stamp is very useful.

 

 

In the second video you can see how to create a help screen in a matter of seconds. It is nice to know what to do :-)

 

 

The last video explains how it is possible to create a mystery code in the open-to-everyone Scratch environment. Use threads to hide the correct answer of a quiz and leave the users puzzled.

 

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Drawing Compasses
Help Screen
Quiz