🐱 Scratch Learning Journey

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Getting Started
Your first steps into the Scratch world
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#1
Getting Started
Starter
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What you'll learn
Scratch editor layoutStageBlocks paletteRunning a project
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🐱Open Scratch and find the default Scratch Cat on the Stage. Describe out loud what you see: the Stage, the Blocks Palette, and the Scripts area.
  • 🟦Drag the "say Hello! for 2 seconds" block onto the Scripts area and click it. Make the cat say your own name instead.
  • ▶️Use the green flag and red stop button. Figure out what each one does and explain it to a friend (or yourself!).
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Add a Sprite
Starter
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What you'll learn
Sprite libraryChoosing spritesMultiple sprites
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🦁Add 3 different animal sprites from the Sprite Library to your Stage. Name each sprite using the name box below the Stage.
  • 💬Make each animal say a different fun fact about itself for 2 seconds when the green flag is clicked.
  • 🗑️Delete the default Scratch Cat. Your 3 animals now own the stage!
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Add a Backdrop
Starter
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What you'll learn
Backdrop libraryStage backgroundsMatching scenes
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🌄Add a backdrop that matches where your animal sprites would naturally live (e.g., a jungle for a lion, an ocean for a fish).
  • 🖼️Try at least 3 different backdrops and pick your favourite. What makes it the best setting for your sprites?
  • 💬Make one sprite say "Welcome to [backdrop name]!" when the green flag is clicked.
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Animate a Sprite
Starter
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What you'll learn
Costume switchingLoopsWait blocks
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🔄Pick a sprite with multiple costumes (like the cat or a walking character). Use next costume inside a forever loop to make it walk continuously.
  • ⏱️Add a wait 0.2 seconds block inside the loop. Then try 0.05 seconds. Which speed looks most natural?
  • 🎬Give your animated sprite a fun background and make it feel like a real animated scene. Show it to someone!
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Basics
Essential skills every Scratcher needs
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Use Arrow Keys
Basics
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What you'll learn
Key press eventsMovement blocksUser input
🎯 Your Tasks
  • ⬆️Make a sprite move in all 4 directions using the arrow keys. Set the movement speed to 10 steps.
  • 🚧Add a fun backdrop and try to navigate your sprite from one side of the screen to the other without going off the edge.
  • 🔄Make the sprite face the direction it's moving (left/right using point in direction 90 and -90).
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Change Size
Basics
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What you'll learn
Set size blockChange size blockGrowing & shrinking
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🔼Make a sprite grow bigger every time you press the Up arrow and shrink when you press the Down arrow.
  • 📐Set a minimum size of 20% and a maximum size of 200% so the sprite never disappears or goes huge. (Hint: use if blocks!)
  • 🌟Create a fun "power-up" animation: when the green flag is clicked, the sprite starts tiny and grows to full size over 1 second.
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Glide Around
Basics
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What you'll learn
Glide blockX/Y coordinatesSmooth movement
🎯 Your Tasks
  • ✈️Make a butterfly or bird sprite glide to 5 different positions on the stage, one after another, like it's visiting flowers.
  • 📍Use the X and Y display at the bottom of the stage to find the coordinates of each corner of the screen. Write them down!
  • 🔁Wrap the glide sequence in a forever loop so your sprite tours the stage endlessly.
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Make It Spin
Basics
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What you'll learn
Turn blocksDegrees of rotationRotation styles
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🌀Make a spinner sprite (try a star or pinwheel) rotate continuously using a forever loop and turn 5 degrees.
  • ⚡Press the spacebar to double the spin speed and release to slow it back down.
  • 🎡Set the rotation style to "don't rotate" — what happens? Try all 3 rotation styles and describe the difference.
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Record a Sound
Basics
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What you'll learn
Sound editorRecording audioPlay sound block
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🎙️Record yourself making a funny sound effect (a whoosh, a pop, or a silly voice). Give it a clear name.
  • 🔔Make your sprite play the sound when the green flag is clicked. Add a say block that appears at the same time.
  • 🐾Record a second sound: your sprite's "goodbye" sound. Play the first when it appears, and the second when you press the spacebar.
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Hide and Show
Basics
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What you'll learn
Hide blockShow blockSequencing
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 👻Make a ghost sprite that is hidden at the start. When you press the spacebar it appears, stays for 2 seconds, then vanishes again.
  • 🎩Create a "magic trick": make a rabbit sprite hide, then show a hat sprite, wait 1 second, hide the hat, and show the rabbit — abracadabra!
  • 💡Use hide and show to make 3 sprites take turns appearing, one at a time, like slides in a presentation.
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Intermediate
Level up your Scratch superpowers
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#11
Add Effects
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
Color effectGhost effectClear graphic effects
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🌈Make a sprite cycle through all colors automatically using a forever loop and change color effect by 5.
  • 👁️Create a "fading ghost" effect: when the spacebar is pressed, the sprite gradually becomes transparent (ghost effect increases to 100) then fades back in.
  • 🎭Use the whirl, fisheye, and pixelate effects on the same sprite one after another. Which looks coolest?
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Make it Fly
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
Gravity simulationVariablesY-position changes
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🚀Make a rocket sprite that rises up the screen when you hold the Up arrow key and slowly falls back down when you let go (simulate gravity with a variable).
  • ☁️Add a clouds backdrop and make the rocket start at the bottom of the screen each time the green flag is clicked.
  • 🌟Add a star sprite that moves in from the right side of the stage. If your rocket reaches the top, make it say "I reached space!"
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Make Music
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
Music extensionPlay note blockInstruments
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🎹Add the Music extension. Create a sprite that plays the first 5 notes of "Happy Birthday" when the green flag is clicked. (Notes: 60, 60, 62, 60, 65)
  • 🥁Make 4 different drum sprites (or buttons) that each play a different drum beat when clicked — build your own drum kit!
  • 🎵Loop a short 4-beat rhythm using a repeat block. Change the instrument to 3 different options and pick your favourite.
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Video Sensing
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
Video Sensing extensionMotion detectionCamera interaction
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 📹Add the Video Sensing extension. Make a sprite react (jump or spin) when it detects motion from your camera above 30.
  • 🎨Make the sprite change colour each time motion is detected — try waving your hand to trigger a rainbow effect!
  • 🎮Create a simple "dodge" game: a sprite moves around randomly, and you must wave your hand to scare it away before time runs out.
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Face Sensing
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
Face detectionNose/eye trackingBody movement control
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 😊Use the face-sensing feature to make a sprite follow your nose position around the screen.
  • 😮Make a sprite react to when your mouth is open — try opening your mouth wide to make a character sing!
  • 🎪Create a "puppet show": control a puppet sprite with your face and make it say something funny when you nod your head.
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Talking Tales
Intermediate
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What you'll learn
Text to speech extensionVoices & languagesStory sequencing
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🗣️Add the Text to Speech extension. Make a character speak 3 sentences of a short story out loud using different voices.
  • 🎭Create a 2-character dialogue: Character A speaks, then Character B responds, going back and forth at least 4 times.
  • 🌍Try the same sentence spoken in 3 different voices (tenor, squeak, giant). Which voice fits your character best?
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Creative Projects
Apply everything — build real Scratch projects!
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Animate a Name
Project
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What you'll learn
Letter spritesBroadcast messagesCoordinating sprites
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🔤Create a sprite for each letter of your first name. Arrange them to spell your name on the Stage.
  • 💃Make each letter do something unique when the green flag is clicked: spin, jump, change colour, or grow. No two letters should do the same thing!
  • 🎶Add a background soundtrack and make all the letters finish their animation at the same time for a grand finale.
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Animate a Character
Project
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What you'll learn
Character designCostume animationReactions to input
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🦸Design or pick a character. Make it walk left and right using arrow keys with a walking animation (costume switching).
  • 🎭Add an idle animation (the character bounces or blinks) that plays when no key is pressed.
  • 💥When the spacebar is pressed, play a special "power move" animation (a spin, a jump, a flash of colour).
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Create a Story
Project
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What you'll learn
Scene transitionsBackdrop switchingSequenced dialogue
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 📖Write a 3-scene story with a beginning, middle, and end. Use backdrop switches to show each scene.
  • 💬Include at least 2 characters that have a conversation using say blocks with proper timing so they don't talk at the same time.
  • 🎬Add a title screen with your story's name and "Press Space to Start". The story only begins when the player presses space.
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Create Animations That Talk
Project
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What you'll learn
Text to speech + animationSyncing audio and motion
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🗣️Create a character that speaks its lines out loud using the Text to Speech extension AND shows a say bubble at the same time.
  • 🕺While the character speaks, animate it: it should move, gesture, or change expression in sync with what it's saying.
  • 🎙️Make a short 30-second animated "commercial" for your favourite snack — the character talks, moves, and convinces you to buy it!
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Imagine a World
Project
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What you'll learn
World-buildingCloningAtmospheric effects
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🌍Invent a world with a unique theme (underwater city, candy planet, robot factory). Design a backdrop and add at least 4 different sprites that belong there.
  • 🌟Use the create clone block to fill your world with clones of one sprite (e.g., falling snowflakes, floating bubbles, flying birds).
  • 🔊Add ambient sound effects and make at least one sprite react when you click on it (it says something funny or does a little dance).
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#22
Pong Game
Project
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What you'll learn
Collision detectionBouncingScore variable
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🏓Build a basic Pong game: a ball bounces around the screen. A paddle at the bottom moves left/right with arrow keys.
  • 🔢Add a score: every time the ball hits the paddle, the score goes up by 1. Display it on screen.
  • 💀Add a "Game Over" screen that appears if the ball touches the bottom edge. Show the final score and let the player press Space to restart.
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Make a Clicker Game
Project
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What you'll learn
Mouse click eventsScore trackingTimer
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🖱️Create a target sprite that moves to a random position every time you click it. Each click adds 1 to your score.
  • ⏱️Add a 30-second countdown timer. When time runs out, stop the game and show a "Your Score: X" message.
  • 🏆Add a high score: if the player beats their previous best, make the screen flash and say "New High Score!"
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Make a Chase Game
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What you'll learn
Sprite followingLives systemDifficulty scaling
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🏃Make a hero sprite the player controls with arrow keys, and an enemy sprite that automatically chases the hero.
  • ❤️Add 3 lives: every time the enemy catches the hero, the player loses a life. When 0 lives remain, show "Game Over".
  • ⚡Make the enemy get slightly faster every 10 seconds. Can you survive 60 seconds?
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Code a Cartoon
Project
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What you'll learn
Broadcast & receiveParallel scriptsSound + animation sync
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 📺Create a 1-minute cartoon episode with at least 3 scenes. Use broadcast messages to trigger each new scene.
  • 🎶Add background music that changes with each scene, and at least one character that speaks using recorded or Text-to-Speech audio.
  • 🎬Add a "replay" button at the end that restarts the cartoon from scene 1. Test it with a friend!
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Animate an Adventure Game
Project
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What you'll learn
Multi-level designInventory/collectiblesFull game loop
🎯 Your Tasks
  • 🗺️Design a mini adventure game with 2 levels (backdrops). The player collects coins/stars in Level 1 to unlock Level 2.
  • 💎Add collectible items using clones. Each collected item plays a sound and increases a score variable.
  • 🎖️Create a win screen for completing Level 2 that shows the final score and a personalised message based on how many items were collected (e.g., "Amazing!" for 10+, "Good job!" for 5+).

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