Conditional Statements in Scratch: Make Interactive Projects (Part 1)
From Scratch
5 min3rd4th5th6thTechnologyMath
Summary
An explainer on "if" blocks: how a project can check whether something is true (like two sprites touching) and only run certain blocks when it is -- the key to making any project actually interactive.
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Discussion
This video explains how "if" blocks let a project react to different conditions.
- What condition does the example in the video check for?
- What happens if the condition is false?
- What's an everyday "if/then" decision you make, like "if it's cold, then I wear a coat"?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: if block, condition, true/false.
Try it: Add an if block to a sprite that says something only when it touches the mouse pointer.