Default Screen of Scratch Software
This is a Default Screen of Scratch, here some main interface or Tools are available to using these tools we can make our Animation, Games, or Create a Story.
In this default Screen the main Areas are: –
- Sprite
- Stage
- Sprites Area
- Programming Area (Script Area)
- Blocks Categories
- Blocks Palette
Main Components of Scratch Default Screen
SPRITE
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Sprite is a small graphical character that perform an action in a scratch project to make a Animation, story & game.
The cat is a Default Sprite in a Scratch software.
STAGE
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This is the main working area, where the sprite move & performs an action as we give any instructions.
Here we can watch our Stories, Play Game, & run Scratch Project that we have created.
The Stage is Divided into X & Y co-ordinates, this co-ordinate indicates the position of the sprite on the Stage.
SPRITE AREA
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This area is called sprite area, here we Add, Create, Upload, and Capture a Sprite for our Animation, Game, and Story, or choose a background for the stage.
PROGRAMMING AREA
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This is also called script Area; this is a place where we create a script for a sprite to do a particular task.
The script is created by Dragging the instructions from the Script blocks and Dropping them step wise (Block-by-Block wise).
The collection of creating Script is also called a program.
Blocks CATEGORIES
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The Script categories are the collection of Script Blocks by their working function.
The script categories are….
- Motion: – these categories is including with all the motion block for the Sprites.
- Looks: – these categories are including with all the graphical looks for the sprite.
- Sound: – these categories are including with Add the Sound in the Animation or the Story.
- Events: – these categories are including with all the Events for the animation to start or to create any event of the sprite.
- Control: – these categories are including with all the controls Block to which we can control the Sprites by using different types of control Blocks.
- Sensing: – these categories are including with all the sensing Block, to feel senses in the Sprite.
- Operators: – these categories are including with all the Mathematical operations Block.
- Variables: – here we can make our variables for game, or animation.
- My Blocks: – here we can make new programmable Blocks.
All these categories are including the set of Programable Block by their categories name.
BLOCKS PALETTE
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The Block Palette are the Collection of programmable Block by their Categories,
Make a Simple Animation (Walking Bear)
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We are Going to make a Simple Animation (Walking Bear with Changing background).
- Open Scratch Software (Online or Downloaded Software)
- Now Follow instruction as given Below.
- First select Bear Sprite Form Sprite library by clicking on (+Add Sprite icon).
- Now Select Two Backgrounds (Arctic & Winter) by Clicking on Add Background.
Now make Program for Bear 🐻 & Changing Background
Dragging Programmable Block from Block Palette & Dropped on to the Scripts area.
Now the Bear Programming is Done,
Now make a program to switch the Background.
Click on Background, now Drop Block on Script Area.
Now a Simple Animation is Ready.
- When we click on Green Flag.
The animation is start; the bear Costumes is continuously changing (it looks like the Bear 🐻 walk Continuously).
And continuously switch between the Two Background (same as given figure).