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Advanced Scratch Curriculum

The advanced Scratch curriculum spans 10 weeks. Each class period is 50 minutes, with 10 minutes for explaining concepts, 5 minutes for the problem, 5 minutes reviewing needed blocks, and 15 minutes each for individual and group work on coding projects. Projects increase in difficulty and span multiple concepts like variables, sensing, and abstractions. The final four weeks are spent working on competition entries.

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Advanced Scratch Curriculum

The advanced Scratch curriculum spans 10 weeks. Each class period is 50 minutes, with 10 minutes for explaining concepts, 5 minutes for the problem, 5 minutes reviewing needed blocks, and 15 minutes each for individual and group work on coding projects. Projects increase in difficulty and span multiple concepts like variables, sensing, and abstractions. The final four weeks are spent working on competition entries.

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8/4/2020 Advanced Scratch Curriculum - Google Docs

Advanced Scratch Curriculum 


 
Structure of Class 
If project is not completed during class, they will work on it in their own time 
First One classes 
50 minutes 
- Review Scratch Blocks 
- Free time to explore and mess around with the blocks before getting 
into the coding aspect 
 
*Concepts from the beginner curriculum also apply here 
For every class after first 
50 minutes 
- 10 minutes 
- Explaining a computer concept  
- 5 minutes 
- Read the problem 
- 5 minutes 
- Go over blocks needed for the project 
- 15 minutes  
- Work on project by themselves 
- 15 minutes 
- Go over project as a class and provide solution at the end 
*Some projects may span two classes if they are longer or more difficult 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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8/4/2020 Advanced Scratch Curriculum - Google Docs

Week One 
Review: 
- Where everything is located in Scratch 
- Go over coordinate planes 
- When Green Flag/When Sprite Clicked clicked Event 
- Go over basic motion blocks 
- Go over if statements 
- Part of control 
- A couple of basic sensing blocks (if key pressed) 
- Go over forever and repeat until loop 
- Part of control  
- Free time to explore 
- Go over costumes and backgrounds 
- Color-changing effects 
- Other basic look blocks 
- Go over basic Sound blocks 
- Go over some basic operators 
- Free time to explore 
 
 
Week Two 
Concept: Review 
Basics 
Project One:  
- Two-Player Pong. An easy review of all basics from last year. 
 
Week Three 
Concept: Algorithms and Sequencing 
Sensing and Motion 
Project Two:  
- Soccer game. One player is able to kick the ball into the goal, the ball is 
coded to have a random location response and random regeneration 
after it is kicked into the goal. 
 
Week Four 
Events and Looks 
Project Three:  
- Freeform animation. Start out with one sprite that trigger several other 
reactions. Must use all event blocks in the animation.  

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Week Five 
Concept: Variables 
Motion, Sensing, and Variables 
Project Four:  
- Maze Building. Build a three-section maze (with a minimum of one key 
and one gate per section) with monsters, treasures and hidden rooms. 
Make it fun and cool. 
 
Week Six 
Job Exploration: Animators 
Looks and Sounds 
Project Five:  
- Whaleee https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq4RLqla-xg 
 
Week Seven 
Sensing  
Project Six:  
- Akinator, but with teachers (or other groups) and simplicity 
 
Week Eight 
Sensing and Sound 
Project Seven:  
- Crossy Road Project 
 
Week Nine 
Concept: Abstractions and Decomposition 
Operators, Sensing, and Variables 
Project Eight:  
- Make a shooter Project  
 
Week Ten and Week Eleven 
New Ideas and Implementations 
Project Nine: 
- AI Building project 
 
Rest of the Semester (Four Weeks) 
- Working on competition projects 
 

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