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It is one of the most popular block-based coding apps, and with good reason. Scratch's simplicity, depth, and engaged online community make it an ideal choice for those who want to take the first steps toward becoming a programmer.
Scratch is also an online community of fellow coders where individuals from all around the world create and share their coding projects. Students can use others’ coding projects to create remixes, that is, modified versions of original projects (see below to learn more about remixes). Scratch p...
User interface The Scratch interface is divided into three main sections: a stage area, block palette, and a coding area to place and arrange the blocks into scripts that can be run by pressing the green flag or clicking on the code itself. Users may also create their own code blocks and...
How coding with Scratch works The Scratch development environment is reminiscent of a website builder, which given the building-block nature of the scripts isn’t very surprising. In addition to these scripts, which make up the majority of the usable components, you can also add costumes and ...
Before jumping right into the top Scratch game ideas let’s talk about what Scratch is. Scratch is an online coding language designed to teach kids (ages eight and up) coding principles, computational thinking, and digital literacy. It provides a fun and interactive way of creating stories, ga...
The online EdScratch programming environment is designed to deliver meaningful computer science education through an easy-to-use interface. EdScratch’s intuitive layout and the simplicity of block-based coding makes EdScratch an ideal programming language for students aged 10 and up. Helpful features...
There are lots of ways to code key presses, but it's really quick and easy to add the Makey Makey extension so you know when you are coding with a hat block that will work with your Makey Makey! Click the " extensions" block to access all extensions (like micro:bit, Makey Make...
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Coding a Backdrop to Change Vocabulary The following vocabulary definitions are from theScratch Wiki. Backdrop (Scratch) A backdrop is an image that can be shown on the Stage. Block Palette (Scratch) The Block Palette is the area on the left of the screen when the Code button is opened....