Series

Scratch

41 episodes

Tutorials for Scratch, the block-based coding environment, arranged so a class can start at zero and keep going. The opening videos tour the editor, animate the letters of your name, and draw a sprite in the paint editor. Project builds follow: a hide-and-seek game, a catch game with a score variable, a jumping game with a collision check, a clicker game where upgrades feed back into the score. Explainers cover if-blocks, nesting, and debugging a conditional that misbehaves. Advanced ones reach clones, simulated gravity, scrolling backdrops, and the webcam face-sensing blocks. Most run two to eleven minutes.

what this series covers

What Scratch covers

41 episodes in the library, tagged for K–6th. Heaviest coverage: Technology, Art and Math. Between them they line up with 19 distinct standards across 4 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 6
1st: 12
2nd: 20
3rd: 35
4th: 37
5th: 31
6th: 22

Episodes per subject

Technology: 41
Art: 12
Math: 6
Reading & Writing (ELA): 3
Music: 2
Science: 1

Common Core — Math 1

4.G.A.1Draw points, lines, line segments, rays, angles (right, acute, obtuse), and perpendicular and parallel lines; identify these in two-dimensional figures.

Common Core — ELA 2

W.3.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
W.3.3Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using descriptive details and clear event sequences.

National Core Arts 7

VA:Cr2.1.4Explore and invent art-making techniques and approaches.
VA:Cr2.1.2Experiment with various materials and tools to explore personal interests in a work of art or design.
VA:Cr1.1.3Elaborate on an imaginative idea.
MU:Cr1.1.KaWith guidance, explore and experience music concepts such as beat and melodic contour.
MU:Cr2.1.6aSelect, organize, and document personal musical ideas for arrangements and compositions within expanded forms that demonstrate unity and variety.
VA:Cr1.1.6Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.

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VA:Pr5.1.4Prepare and present artwork safely and effectively for display.

ISTE (Technology) 9

ISTE.1.5.dAlgorithmic thinking: put steps in order to solve a problem, and recognize what can be automated.
ISTE.1.6.bOriginal and remixed works: create original work, or remix digital resources responsibly and with credit.
ISTE.1.5.bData sets: collect and analyze data with digital tools to inform a decision.
ISTE.1.5.cDecompose problems: break a complex system or task into smaller parts.
ISTE.1.1.dTechnology fundamentals: understand how the technology you use works, and try out new tools confidently.
ISTE.1.6.aChoose platforms or tools: pick the digital tool that fits your communication goal.

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ISTE.1.3.cCurate information: collect and organize digital resources so the connections between them are clear.
ISTE.1.5.aProblem definitions: state a problem in a way that data analysis or an algorithm could help solve.
ISTE.1.6.dCustomize the message: shape and publish work for a particular audience.

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