Science Quest Summer Camp at the Capitol Park Museum

Science Quest Summer Camp at the Capitol Park Museum

About the class:  

Introduce students to computer science and programming using Scratch. Developed by MIT Media Lab, Scratch is a free, easy-to-use programming tool to create stories, games, art, music, and animations. Students simply imagine, program, and share. Scratch projects are a great way to address 21st century information and technology skills while promoting creativity, problem-solving, reasoning, and collaboration. This popular and practical tool has applications across grade levels and content areas. 

Some of the objectives covered:  

•  Understand the difficulty of translating real
  problems into programs.
• Realize the need for formal programming
  structures like loops and functions
• Introduce Scratch resources and examples
  
• Hands-on: Explore and evaluate Scratch examples
  
• Introduce Structure and Logic of Scratch
  
• Hands-on: Create a basic project in Scratch
  
• Introduce Animation, Multimedia and Interactive Elements
  
• Hands-on: Incorporate Animation, Multimedia and Interactive Elements

 Learn more at http://scratch.mit.edu/

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