Scratch graphing for NSTA

Enhancing Elementary Science with Scratch & PicoBoard Using graphing as a Playground for Literacy and Mathematics Brian Huang, Derek Runberg, Jeff Branson Learn.sparkfun.com Jeff.branson@sparkfun.com Schedule • 15min-introduction to Scratch, History • 15min- a few basic functions • 15min- draw and graph • 15min-PicoBoard • 10min-adding more functions Scratch? • MIT Media Lab • Mitch Resnick • Out growth of Seymour Papert A few things • Free, scratch.mit.edu, we use 1.4 • Open source • Games, Animation, interactive environments • Sockets to Picoboard, Makey Makey Scripts, Background and Sound Scripts, Background and Sound Scripts, Background and Sound The commands How I remember all this? A basic function Orienting Scratch Can you make Scratch move in four directions? Creating a sprite The paint tools in Scratch are standard Initialize the position of the sprite commands are in a forever ”loop” Setting up the pen to draw The “if’ statement Adding a “y” control Using broadcast Working in the background • To set my “graph paper” up, I click the stage icon under my sprite Adding commands to the stage • Using the broadcast command, the stage will clear previously drawn lines Adding PicoBoard Using the sensors • Right click or ctl click for the menu A little math… • Sensor readings are 0-100, so we’ll scale the number to fit our widow • Then add the math function to the y axis Questions? ... Cloning Orienting Scratch Can you make Scratch move in four directions? Creating a sprite The paint tools in Scratch are standard Initialize the position of the sprite commands are in a forever ”loop”... Jeff.branson@sparkfun.com Schedule • 15min-introduction to Scratch, History • 15min- a few basic functions • 15min- draw and graph • 15min-PicoBoard • 10min-adding more functions Scratch? • MIT Media Lab • Mitch Resnick... functions Scratch? • MIT Media Lab • Mitch Resnick • Out growth of Seymour Papert A few things • Free, scratch. mit.edu, we use 1.4 • Open source • Games, Animation, interactive environments • Sockets