Class Overview

The perfect introduction to computer science!

Scratch is a block-based language (no typing) primarily for beginners. This workshop introduces students to the world of coding by keeping things interactive, visual, and fun while providing a few small challenges!

Target age range: 7+
Prerequisites: None
Continuation: Advanced Scratch or Music x Scratch

Concepts Covered:
- Game design & animations
- Making and drawing sprites
- Sprite actions (movement, sound, appearances, cloning)
- Interactions between sprites
- Working with backgrounds, visuals, etc.
- Loops
- Conditional statements (if-statements)
- Variables
- Timers
- Math and logic operators (<, >, ==, and, or)
- Parts of the computer

Projects You’ll Make:
- An interactive cat
- An ocean simulator with sea creatures
- Pong game
- Advertisement, short video, and/or animations
- Hoppy Cat game
- A Pokémon game

Each workshop contains 5 sessions. Sessions can be booked consecutive days in a row (ie. Monday-Friday), recurring once a week (ie. every Friday afternoon), or one at a time at your convenience. We understand how busy schedules can get and offer the flexibility of scheduling your individual sessions based on your availability.

To register, please head over to our website: https://www.thecodeinitiative.ca/registration-for-workshops/p/beginner-scratch