MrW's Computing Blog

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• Video instructions 2
• Video instructions 3

LF1 Add a sprite and make it walk

1. Go to Scratch
2. Choose backdrop “Savannah”
3. Add a sprite: Zebra
4. Click on the zebra sprite and drag out these blocks.
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5. What do you think will happen if you add these blocks inside the forever block
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   2. Add them and see

LF2 Add more sprites and code

1. Add more animal sprites:
   1. Lion
   2. Giraffe
   3. Grasshopper
   4. Snake
2. Delete the cat sprite
3. Change the size of your animals to add perspective
   1. Near the front = big
   2. In the distance = small
   3. Change the number to change the size
4. Copy the code to the other animals by dragging it

LF3 Tinker

1. Tinker with the code making animals move at different speeds
2. Add more animals:
   1. Right-hand click on an animal sprite and click “duplicate” to make another one with the same code.
   2. Can you make a herd of zebra moving across the screen?
3. Can you make the lion move slower?
4. Safari truck
   1. Download this sprite file
   2. In scratch upload a new sprite from you downloads/Google Drive folder
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5. Extra tip
   1. Use this block to move sprites up and downa level so animals at the back are behind animals at the front:
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      2. You don’t need to attach these blocks, just click on them to make them work

Challenges

C1 Add  African safari music that plays when you click on the green flag

1. I have put some music in “shared with me” in j2e, your class – go to j2e – my files – shared files – your class
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2. Click play button to listen.  Click on the “i” and then “download”
3. In Scratch – Click on “background” bottom right, next to the sprites
4. Click the “sound” tab, top left
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5. Find the music you just downloaded.
6. Add this code:
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C2 When you click on an animal, it tells you some information about that animal or about safaris

1. This could be using “say” blocks in Looks
2. Or you could use the text to speech add on
3. Can you mute the music when it speaks, then start the music when it has finished?
   • • Background code
     • Animal code

Safari facts: https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/pages/topic/safari

Scratch self assessment

1. Log into Scratch:  https://scratch.mit.edu/
2. How to create a smoking car game:  http://code-it.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scratch_smoking_car_game.pdf
3. If you have finished ALL OF the instructions….Challenge – use these blocks to give a message if you come off the road:

1. In j2e make a page called “Scratch Car Game”

Success steps

• Log into j2e; open MrW’s blog and Scratch
• Scratch – File – Upload from my computer
• Help others load their project
• Know where you are on the learning journey and what your next step is – use sheet to help
• Use the catch up cards in class if you need to catch up!
• Be curious, resilient and reflective.

Here is the planning sheet if you want to have a go yourself:  http://code-it.co.uk/scratch/smoking_car/scratch_smoking_car_game.pdf