This course will be offered between Feb 20-24 2023, it gives students an opportunity to excel in their levels and problem-solving skills in a short time.
Grade K-2: Game Design with Scratch Camp
Students will learn basic programming fundamentals through Scratch, a kid-friendly programming language designed by MIT. Students will create their own interactive applications.
Day 1: Animate Name + Dance Party
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- How to make sprites
- Using the sprite library
- Costumes
- Creating and changing the costumes for a sprite
- Using the backdrops library
- Creating or drawing our own backdrops
- Learning about events
- Coding the game to start
- Using music
- Coding using sounds
- Using motion blocks
- Sprite/character motion (without player controls yet)
Day 2: Storybook (Create pages detailing an introduction, favorites, art, etc.)
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- Learn how to use events/signals to allow the player to click
- Paint backdrops for pages
- Create text on backdrops
- Animate the page-flipping
- Code mouse functions
- Use if statements
- Forever loops
Day 3: Princess/Prince Adventure (Allow the player to walk to different maps/scenes)
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- Using if statements
- Learn about sensing blocks
- Coding to use arrow keys
- Forever loops
- Learn how to switch scenes/backdrops
- Add and code sounds
- We will play each other’s games in the last 2 days!
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Day4: project
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- Learn how to put all scenes/backdrops
- project layout
- We will play each other’s games in the last hour or 2!
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Day 5: Show case and practice with all students. Teacher will guide the students design their own projects and learn how to showcase their projects in the
MIT scratch community community where students can create and interactive stories, games, and animations.
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