Jun
04
2010
Variables are used to store information. You know about variables from science class and math class. Sometimes a variable is something you need to find the answer for (an unknown number for example), and sometimes a variable might be something in your experiment that you change each time you do the experiment. In programming a [...]
May
18
2010
Any sprite can send and respond to silent messages sent behind the scenes. This allows us to have one sprite alert one or more sprites about something How Does It Work? A sprite sends a “message” out for another sprite to receive and respond to. The message isn’t sent to a particular sprite, instead it [...]
May
12
2010
There are several great ways to use the Ask and Answer blocks in Scratch such as creating a Quiz where the “user” can type in the answers. The ask script allows for the user to type an answer using the keyboard. Take a look at some of these student examples to see how you can [...]
May
06
2010
In programming, conditional statements check to see if something (a condition) is true, then if it is, the code underneath it will run. In this assignment we will use a conditional statement to check to see if the Sprite is in a certain location and then if it is you will program something to happen [...]