Scratch tools

Design components

drag-and-drop constructs

  • motion
  • looks
  • sound
  • pen
  • control
  • sensing
  • operators
Sound commands

Motion commands
Looks commands


Control constructs
Pen commands

Sensing commands




Operators on left - costume on right

Constructs fit together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle - only certain shapes will fit in specific places

scripts

  • implement constructs
  • manipulate sprites
Script on right

sprites

  • costumes - change appearance


Different costumes for a single sprite:
Butterfly flaps wings and blinks eyes
by changing costume when required
Standard sprites are available

Sprites can be 

  • edited
  • uploaded
  • exported

Butterfly

Box


Button


Magic carpet


Background

The background can be plain, a photograph, a diagram, or some other stage upon which the sprites move.