🎯 Lesson Objective

By the end of this lesson, students will:

• Understand what Scratch is

• Recognize parts of the Scratch IDE

• Create their first project with a simple program (move + say hello)

📚 Lesson Content

1. What is Scratch?

• Scratch is a block-based coding platform by MIT for beginners.

• No typing needed – just drag and drop colorful blocks to create games, stories, and animations.

2. Getting Started

• Go to scratch.mit.edu

• Click on “Create” to open the editor (no sign-in needed for now)

3. Scratch IDE Tour

🖥️ Show/Explain these parts of the screen:

• Stage: Where the action happens

• Sprite area: Where your characters live

• Block palette: The coding blocks (left side)

• Scripting area: Where you build your code (middle)

Integrated Development Environment

4. Mini Activity: Make the Cat Move and Say Hello

💡 Goal: When green flag is clicked → Cat moves → Says hello

5. Student Practice Task

• Try changing:

  • Number of steps

  • The message in the “say” block

  • Use a different sprite