Overview
Students will draw shapes using Scratch. This lesson can be adapted to meet the appropriate skill and content level of the student. Beginner students can draw squares, rectangles, and triangles. Intermediate students can draw pentagons, hexagons, and circles. Advanced students can learn how to "make a block" that draws a particular shape.
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Give it a try
Press the "space bar" to start over.
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At a Glance
Grade Level: 3+
Time Required: 45 min
Curriculum Connections: Math
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Vocabulary:
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Technical Skills:
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Instruction Plan
Beginner (draw a square & initialize)
Tutorial on how to draw a square (move, turn, pen, and repeat) & initialize (when space key is clicked, clear the screen, pick the pen up, and move sprite to center).
Tutorial on how to draw a square (move, turn, pen, and repeat) & initialize (when space key is clicked, clear the screen, pick the pen up, and move sprite to center).
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Scripts
Intermediate (triangle, pentagon, hexagon, octagon, circle)
Use the "guess and check" method to determine the right parameters to draw a triangle.
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How to draw circles or different sizes
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Scripts
Advanced
Calculate doing turns using division
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Tutorial on how to make a spinning square pattern
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Tutorial on how to make a "draw a square block"
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Scripts