SCRATCH

GRADE 7 | GRADE 8 | GRADE 9

Unit Summary/ Essential Questions:

What is Scratch and how can you use it to create?
How can you use different ways to solve problems using Scratch?
Can you create an adventure game in Scratch using Scratch blocks such as broadcasting?

Understanding & Skill-building:

Students will understand the fundamentals of block-based programming.
Students will understand how to apply different elements of block-coding to create algorithms with an outcome in mind.
Students will understand that there can be different ways to solve a problem.
Students will develop a practical understanding for computational thinking and apply computational thinking skills.

Scratch Introductory Tasks

Basic tasks which teach the workings of Scratch.

Grade 7

An introduction to the Scratch interface and how programming works in Scratch.

Grade 7

Grade 7

Grades 8 & 9