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10 Classroom-ready lessons

Contributed by Nigel Ward, October 13, 2009
Help yourself to these 10 Scratch lessons which I'm using already with my 15 year olds.
  • Original Author: Nigel Ward
  • Education Level: Middle School, High School
  • Content Types: Activity, Audio and Video, Lesson Plan, Sample Scratch Project, Website
  • Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Education, Technology, Visual Arts, Other
  • Keywords: N/A

Help yourself to these 10 Scratch lessons which I'm using already with my 15 year olds. The sequence goes something like this:

  • description of Scratch and comparisons with Logo and Flash
  • several drawing exercises
  • many open-ended exercises, mostly game-like (car racer, puzzle, etc) and also music-oriented or edutainment-oriented
  • links to selected Scratch projects elsewhere, including projects at scratch.mit.edu, learnscratch.org and redware.com

In some cases partially-completed Scratch projects can be downloaded from my site. The sequence includes a video or two, very suitable for classroom use in the sense that audio is not required. The projects are designed for classroom use - most students would not be able to complete them using my site alone - they would also need the help of their teacher.

 

Enjoy!

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Scratch lessons
Comments
Digital K
Member
October 11, 2016
This link no longer works
ivan lopez
Member
January 29, 2010

Really good work!

Thanks for the link.

Brian Foley
Member
October 15, 2009

Those are great lessons - I had students do a version of the lander and the car, but this is more polished and they would learn more.  But tetris is just too addictive (just kidding).  If you are thinking about teaching students scratch this site is a great place to start.

Karen Brennan
Member
October 14, 2009

Thanks so much for sharing this! Have you already tried the entire sequence with your group? (Or is it an experiment-in-progress?)

Thanks again,
K