*New* Programming Scratch

Exploring Scratch by programming an animation and improving it through testing and debugging.

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Scratch is a project of the Scratch Foundation, in collaboration with the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for free at https://scratch.mit.edu.

Teacher coding skills videos

A comprehensive set of coding skills videos that explain and demonstrate key programming concepts. Designed to guide and support teachers who find the programming element of the Computing curriculum challenging, while also serving as a refresher for those with more confidence in their subject knowledge.
What is Scratch?
Teaching coding
Understanding Scratch blocks
What are algorithms?
Understanding Repetition and Loops
Understanding Debugging in Coding
Computing vocabulary: A video dictionary

Lessons

Lesson 1: Tinkering with Scratch

  • To explore a programming application.

Lesson 2: Storytelling in Scratch

  • To program a story by adding blocks.

Lesson 3: Planning a remix

  • To plan a remix of an animation by altering existing code.

Lesson 4: Remixing an animation

  • To remix an animation by altering the program’s code.

Lesson 5: Evaluating an animation

  • To evaluate a remixed program by reflecting on the changes made to the code.

Key skills

  • Working towards a given
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Key knowledge

To know:

  • Decomposition is the
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Key vocabulary

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