Scratch - Animation and Games Programming

Contributed by Ashley Lee, November 08, 2009

A website for a Scratch programming course offered at the Meridian School, a maths and computing specialist college in Royston, U.K.

Original Author: Wayne Hamilton
Education Level: Preschool and Kindergarten, Elementary School, Middle School, High School, College and University, Professional Development, Other
Content Types: Activity, Curriculum, Lesson Plan, Presentation, Website
Curricular Areas: Computer Science, Engineering, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Social Studies, Teacher Education, Technology, Visual Arts, Other
Keywords: ICT, introduction

This is a website for a Scratch programming class offered at the the Meridian School, a maths and computing specialist college in Royston, U.K. The website contains seven introductory modules. Under each module, you will find a variety of resources, including text documents, videos, presentation slides, programming cards, and sample code for simple games (e.g. Dodge Ball, Chopper Control, Pong, and Olympic Logo). In the introduction section, there is a nice powerpoint presentation for teachers entitled "Scratch: An Overview for Teachers" (also attached below).

1. Getting Started
    * Getting Started with scratch
    * Scratch programming cards
    * Create your first program (Video)

2. More follow me....
    * Simple program
    * How it works

3. Your first game - dodge ball
    * Bounce ball code
    * Bounce sprite code
    * Dodge ball game

4. Chopper control game
    * Flight only code
    * Copter game with one level
    * Finished game (click to play)

5. Pong
    * Pong (click to play)
    * Game creation hints
    * Hints for creating pong game
    * Angles?

6. Olympic Logo
    * Example Logos's
    * Interactive logo
    * How it works

7. So what have we achieved?
    * Resource Year 10 Scratch Gallery