Scratch Coding for Beginners

Learning how to change the backdrops is the first step in story-making. The mentor will teach how to have more backdrops in a project. Kids will learn the ways to add backdrops, make changes in the backdrops, hide and show the sprite on the backdrops.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Do you know you can coordinate actions across multiple sprites using broadcasts? In this session, learn to understand how message passing takes place from scratch. Kids will learn how to convert between various sprites which will be the second step toward story-making.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Haven't you heard the story of hare and tortoise in your childhood? Now it’s time to recreate it in Scratch. This activity will help kids to get an understanding of broadcasting and backdrops. Kids will learn to write scripts for a story, add more sprites and add sound to a particular backdrop.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

This session will be in continuation of the previous session. Kids will learn to change the backdrops, animate backdrops, and complete the story. This session will help kids enhance their coding skills as they make their animated stories look real.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

It's time to revise all the concepts that the mentor has taught you this far. Kids will learn how to give a proper structure to their story and focus on the script to make it look interactive and real. The kids will also learn to add sprites and backdrops to the story. Let the animator in your kid do wonders with this program.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop
• Internet connection
• Notebook
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale)

In this session, the mentor will help the students understand the input and output blocks and use the same to make a quiz. The kids will also learn to add ask and answer blocks, using join blocks.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

General Knowledge or General Awareness is an important and common section in all competitive exams and you can't just skip it. In this session, the kids will finally become a master of adding input and output blocks in Scratch to make a quiz.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

In this session, the mentor will help students understand the concept of adding scores and lives to the game to make the game look realistic and lively. They will also understand the concept of variables and how it's used while building a game.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

In the first session of Scratch Coding for Beginners, Shuruti ma'am will get you acquainted with all the functions in Scratch and their usage. Her detailed explanation of all the functions will etch their usage in your memory. In addition to that, she will also explain the importance of function and reducing the number of lines of code.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

This session aims at giving you a thorough understanding of the concepts of 'blocks' in Scratch. Our mentor will also guide you on how to implement 'blocks' to make a quiz. Kids will get to understand functions, and how to use random, and variables. Kids will get a grasp of all the functions by implementing them in the maths quiz.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

In the third session, our mentor will help kids understand the concepts of angles and lines, and will teach them how to make patterns. She will also cover pen extensions and will guide kids on how to make a circle, Hexagon, and flower using the same.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Did you know that you could also make a card in Flash? Learn to make a flattering card using the pen extension tool in easy steps. Our mentor will also help kids get a thorough grasp of the pen extension tool and will teach them how to use it to make animated flowers and buttons.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Let's move on to making videos in Scratch. In this session, Shuruti ma'am will suggest an easy method to make a game on this software. Students will get to understand the concept of video sensing and apply it in making a game. All in all, this session will cover the video extension in detail.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

This session is in continuation to the last session. Ma'am will now teach kids how to complete the game video using video sensing and utilising all the blocks. Kids will be able to complete the entire game after watching this session.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Let's make a 'Catch the Taco' game. This session will cover the concepts of cloning and utilizing all the blocks to make a game. Kids will also learn how to use the 'score variable' in this engaging session.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Who here loves car racing? If you have played all the car racing games, it's time that you make one on your own. In this session, Shuruti ma'am will teach you how to start making a car game/ She will cover backgrounds, and will guide you on how to make your sprites.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

Now that you've made the background for your own 'Car Racing' game, it's time to make the roads and cars. Watch and listen intently as our mentor explains the coding required to control the car. After doing these steps, you'll be done making half of the game.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

In the final part of making a 'Car Game' on Scratch, our mentor will cover the coding required to make hurdles, and how to make use of 'sensing block'. Make sure to get the coding right, and you'll have your own Car Racing Game.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

If you're a football enthusiast, this session is just for you. Shuruti ma'am will help you understand the scripting of the game and will give you the codes to make some basic sprites. Join this session to learn the coding of making a goalkeeper and adding backdrops with effects. The best part? You will get to learn how to code a Two-player game.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).

It's time to complete your 'Football game'. In this session, our mentor will help you understand the final coding required to complete this two-player game. Make sure you take notes.

MATERIALS REQUIRED:

• Laptop.
• Internet connection.
• Notebook.
• Basic Stationery (Pencil or Pen, Eraser, Sharpener, Scale).