Scratch Lab #1 Write up

Name: Lexi Williams

Period: 7

Assignment: Lab #1

Lab Overview

This lab focused on getting to know the scratch website and how to do the basic coding. I learned how to do costume changes, change the background, how to make simple shapes with sprites and how to move the sprite around the screen.

My Solution

My solution for this project was using the "glide" command every time I wanted the sprite to go to a different location. I also had to use the "point in direction" command in order for the sprite to be facing the correct way in which I wanted it to move.

My Project Link

My solution for this project was to use six candle sprites to create a hexagon. I had to go to each candle and give it it's own set of commands which consisted of mostly the same ones. They all included the "go to" command which put the candle in a specific spot of where I wanted it to go. I put in a "wait" command for a second just to let it reset when the green flag is clicked. After this I put in the "glide" command so that the candles would glide to their designated spots.

My Project Link

My solution for this problem includes multiple costume changes which allow the flower to appear as if it was growing. Every time the green flag is clicked the flower cycle begins. The flower will start with its first costume and then "wait" one second and change to its next costume until it has completed its growth cycle. I also designed the background myself.

My Project Link

Questions

1. Go to the scratch home page and click explore and then animations (https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/animations/). Find an animation that you like. Click on “see inside”. What blocks do you recognize? What is unfamiliar?
   • I chose the crab dance party program and I recognize the repaet block, "go to" command, click the green flag, and basically the basic blocks. I don't recognize the green, blue and bright orange commands becuase I'm new to this and don't know everything about scratch.
2. How large is the scratch screen?
   • The scracth screen is 480 x 480 pixels.
3. Where is the center of the scratch screen?
• The center of the scsratch screen is at (o,o).
4. What are the units of measurement of the scratch screen?
   The units of measruement on the scratch screen is in pixels.
5. How many sprites can you have on the screen? How many stages? Explain why this makes sense.
   • You can have an unlimited amount of sprites on a screen but only one stage on the screen becuase you can't overlap stages.