Module 7: Practice Activities
Build Your Project Skills
These activities will help you practice planning, building, and testing. You can do them before, during, or after building your main project. Print this page if you want to write on the worksheets!
Activity 1: Project Planning Worksheet
Use this worksheet to plan any project. Fill in each section before you start building.
Activity 2: Scratch Building Mini-Challenges
These small challenges help you practice building skills. Try one before starting your big project, or do them for fun any time!
Mini-Challenge 1: Talking Sprite
Make a sprite say three different things, one after another, with a 2-second wait between each one. This practices sequences and timing.
Blocks to use: when green flag clicked, say ___ for 2 seconds, wait 1 second
Mini-Challenge 2: Moving Scene
Create a scene with two sprites. When the green flag is clicked, one sprite walks from the left side to the right side while the other sprite stays still and watches. This practices motion and parallel actions.
Blocks to use: when green flag clicked, glide ___ secs to x: ___ y: ___, point in direction
Mini-Challenge 3: Click and React
Make a sprite that does something fun when you click on it -- it could change costume, play a sound, spin around, or grow bigger. This practices events and interactivity.
Blocks to use: when this sprite clicked, play sound, change size by, next costume
Mini-Challenge 4: Looping Animation
Make a sprite do a repeating animation, like a bird flapping its wings or a star blinking. Use a forever loop with costume changes. This practices loops and animation.
Blocks to use: when green flag clicked, forever, next costume, wait 0.3 seconds
Mini-Challenge 5: Simple Question
Make a sprite ask a question. If the answer is correct, say "That is right!" If the answer is wrong, say "Try again!" This practices conditionals and input.
Blocks to use: ask ___ and wait, if/then/else, answer = ___
Activity 3: Complete Testing Checklist
Use this checklist every time you finish building or making changes to your project. Check off each item as you test it.
Does It Start Right?
- Clicking the green flag starts the project
- All sprites are in the right starting positions
- The correct background is showing at the start
- There are no leftover things on screen from last time
Does It Work Right?
- Things happen in the correct order
- Clicking on sprites does what it should
- Text stays on screen long enough to read
- Sounds play at the right time
- Loops repeat the correct number of times
- If-then decisions work correctly
Does It End Right?
- The project has a clear ending
- Nothing keeps going after it should stop
- Clicking the green flag again starts it over properly
Is It Easy to Use?
- Someone new would know how to start
- Someone new would know what to click
- Nothing is confusing or unclear
Activity 4: Project Reflection
After you finish your project, answer these questions. You can write your answers or talk about them with your parent.