KS3 Scratch Programming Unit Lessons

A set of 7 full lessons for KS3 (Year 7/Year 8) on Scratch Programming.

Lessons cover:
Lesson 1 & 2 - Introduction into Scratch, What are Sprites, How do we add a background, How do we add a sprite, How do we control sprites, What is looping/loops, Creating Variables in Scratch, Creating loops in Scratch, Creating a simple game of cat and mouse in Scratch.
Lesson 3 - Understand what a costume is and how to create one, Understand what broadcast means and where we find this code block, Finishing off the cat & mouse game in Scratch off.
Lesson 4 - Understand how to sense events and where to find this in Scratch, Understand what a variable is and where to find one in Scratch, Creating a game of shark attack in Scratch.
Lesson 5 - Understand what sensing is and how it is used in Scratch, Understand what a variable is and where to find them, Understand how to draw our own sprite using the paint feature, Apply our new knowledge to start creating a Flappy Bird game.
Lesson 6 - Understand what coordinates are, Understand how coordinates affect the movement of characters, Understand how to use the coordinates code blocks to move our character, Continue creating our Flappy Bird game.
Lesson 7 - Understand how to add pipes to our Flappy Bird game, Understand how to use operators to compare variables, Understand how to add a high score feature to our Flappy Bird game, Understand how to add instructions to our Flappy Bird game. Add to our game using the extension/challenge tasks.

Lessons include:
Teacher Slides PowerPoint
Student Worksheets (Word Documents)
Starter & Plenary Activities (Word Documents or in Teacher Slides PowerPoint)
Extension Tasks (Word Documents)
Extra Class Work - Scratch Booklet (Word Document)