Coding for Kids with Scratch

About this ebook

What you will learn

A friendly first coding book for children of class 3 to 8 and their teachers. You will learn the Scratch editor, sprites, events, loops, conditions, variables and broadcasting, then build eight projects step by step, from a dancing cat to a maze, a quiz, a piano and a pong game, and learn to fix bugs and share your work safely.

Who it is for

Children of class 3 to 8 and their teachers.

Chapters

Contents

1. Chapter 1: Meet Scratch
2. Chapter 2: A tour of the editor
3. Chapter 3: Motion, looks and sound: the dancing cat
4. Chapter 4: Events and broadcasting: a talking story
5. Chapter 5: Loops and conditions: the maze game
6. Chapter 6: Variables: catch the apple and a quiz
7. Chapter 7: Drawing and music: the pen and the piano
8. Chapter 8: Project 8: Simple pong
9. Chapter 9: Debugging: finding and fixing mistakes
10. Chapter 10: Sharing safely and what to try next

Inside

At the end of the book

• Practice questions. To check what you have learnt, with the answers after them.
• Glossary. The key words of the book, each explained in one sentence.
• Easy English. Short sentences and everyday words, with each new word explained the first time.

How to use it

Reading, printing and sharing

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3. To share. Send the link to this page, or the PDF itself, to friends, classmates or students. The book is free for everyone.

Courses

Courses this book supports

Students of this course also find the book in the student portal, with the other ebooks for their course.

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