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Scratch Winter World: Holiday Code Adventure (Ages 8-18) (Live Online)

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Overview

Day 1: Snowy Escapade – The Frosty Maze  

  • ⁠Objective: Create a maze game where a character navigates a snowy forest to find gifts. 
  • ⁠Learning Focus: Movement controls, boundaries, and sprite interactions.  
  • Activities:
    • Design a snowy maze background.
    • Program a character to move using keyboard controls.
    • Add obstacles like snowdrifts and rewards like hidden gifts.

Day 2: Winter Wonders – Quiz Quest  

  • Objective: Develop a winter-themed quiz game with animated transitions and sound effects.
  • Learning Focus: Creating questions, tracking scores, and adding dynamic feedback.
  • Activities: 
    • Write questions about winter traditions around the world.
    • Code animations for correct and incorrect answers. 
    • Add fun sound effects like jingles and cheers.

Day 3: Ornament Dash – Decorate and Dash!  

  • Objective: Build a timed challenge where players collect ornaments and decorate a tree.  
  • Learning Focus: Timer mechanics, cloning, and conditional logic.
  • ⁠Activities:
    • Code ornaments to randomly fall and be “caught” by a player.
    • Track collected ornaments and allow them to be placed on a tree.
    • Introduce challenges like moving obstacles or limited time.

Day 4: Festive Fireworks – Light Up the Sky

  • Objective: Design an interactive fireworks display to celebrate the New Year. 
  • ⁠Learning Focus: Randomization, loops, and visual effects.
  • Activities:
    • Program fireworks to appear at random locations.
    • Add colorful explosions triggered by clicks.
    • Include a “Happy New Year” banner with sparkling animations.

Day 5: Holiday Showstopper – Create and Share Your Masterpiece

  • Objective: Let students refine their favorite project and present it creatively.

Taught by

Young Gates

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