Video Courses from LearnScratch.org
Overview
Members of LaSalle Schools and Universities have developed an extensive Scratch curriculum. Their Scratch website features lesson plans and video tutorials that explain Scratch basics, as well as a document that highlights the 21st century learning skills addressed by Scratch. The website features three video courses, as well as other resources that support the implementation of Scratch in formal and informal educational settings.
What follows is an overview of their video courses entitled "Scratch 1," "Scratch 2," and "Scratch 3."
Scratch 1: Getting Started
►Target Audience: Beginners
►Course Description: This course introduces students to the basics of Scratch. The students will learn how to move Sprites; how to add sounds; how to change colors; how to control actions with the mouse or the keyboard; how to design your own Sprites, etc.
►Course Material: Each lesson in this course is accompanied by a video tutorial and a lesson plan. Video tutorials are available under Video Courses > Scratch 1. Accompanying lesson plans may be found under Resources > Lesson Plans > Scratch 1 (pdf file; also attached below).
►Course Content
- Lesson 1: Motion and Sound
- Lesson 2: Repeating Actions
- Lesson 3: Playing with Color
- Lesson 4: Creating Your Own Sprites
- Lesson 5: Speaking and Thinking
- Lesson 6: Creating Image Effects
- Lesson 7: Sounds, Voices, and Music
- Lesson 8: Creating Animations
Scratch 2: Programming in Scratch
►Target Audience: Intermediate learners of Scratch
►Course Description: The lessons systematically cover almost all of the one hundred building blocks making up Scratch.
►Course Material: Each lesson in this course is accompanied by a video tutorial and a lesson plan. Video tutorials are available under Video Courses > Scratch 2. Accompanying lesson plans may be found under Resources > Lesson Plans > Scratch 2 (pdf file; also attached below).
►Course Content
Unit 1
- Lesson 1: Move, Turn, and Point
- Lesson 2: Go and Glide, Changing Positions
- Lesson 3: Bouncing, Locating the Sprite
- Lesson 4: Changing Costumes
- Lesson 5: Speaking, Thinking, and Graphic Effects
- Lesson 6: Size, Presence and Layers
Unit 2
- Lesson 7: Playing Sounds
- Lesson 8: Playing Drums
- Lesson 9: Playing Instruments
- Lesson 10: Pen and Color Control
- Lesson 11: Pen Size, Shade, Stamp
Unit 3
- Lesson 12: Beginning and Waiting
- Lesson 13: Repeating Actions
- Lesson 14: Broadcasting
- Lesson 15: Conditional Actions
- Lesson 16: Stopping
Unit 4
- Lesson 17: Mouse and Keyboard Control
- Lesson 18: Touching, Over, Distance Reporting
- Lesson 19: Using the Timer and Volume
- Lesson 20: Variables
Unit 5
- Lesson 21: Arithmetic, Random Numbers
- Lesson 22: Comparing Numbers
- Lesson 23: Logic Operations
- Lesson 24: Extra Operations
Scratch 3: Scratch Projects
►Target Audience: Advanced learners
►Course Description: This course is organized around a set of sample scratch projects submitted by Scratch users to the official Scratch website. Each unit corresponds to a thematic group: Animation, Drawing, Games, Interactive Art, Math, Music, and Simulation.
►Course Material: Video tutorials and sample projects (.sb files) are available under Video Courses > Scratch 3. Accompanying lesson plans may be found under Resources > Lesson Plans > Scratch 3 (pdf file; also attached below).
►Course Content:
Unit 1
- Lesson 1: The Joke
- Lesson 2: Going to a Party
- Lesson 3: Cheetah Animation
- Lesson 4: Story Teller
- Lesson 5: Taking Picture
Unit 2
- Lesson 6: Etch-Sketch
- Lesson 7: Drawing Plane
- Lesson 8: Colorful Ball
- Lesson 9: Lego Kit
- Lesson 10: Typewriter
Unit 3
- Lesson 11: Pac Man
- Lesson 12: Pong
- Lesson 13: Bee in a Maze
- Lesson 14: Simple Maze
Unit 4
- Lesson 15: Kaleidoscope
- Lesson 16: Fortune Teller
- Lesson 17: Hand Drawing
- Lesson 18: A Thousand Arrows
- Lesson 19: Linear Patterns
Unit 5
- Lesson 20: Math Calculator
- Lesson 21: Sierpinski Fractal
- Lesson 22: Graphing Equations
- Lesson 23: Random Test
Unit 6
- Lesson 24: Music Boxes
- Lesson 25: Simple Piano
- Lesson 26: Rock Band
- Lesson 27: Sound Maker
- Lesson 28: Music Travel
- Lesson 29: Merry Christmas
Unit 7
- Lesson 30: Spinner
- Lesson 31: Gravity
- Lesson 32: Web Design
Attached lesson plan files, by courtesy of Juan Carlos Olabe
