How does a plant grow?

KS2-Computing

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Before you start your game, here is some key vocabulary you will need to understand!

• Sprite- A character or an object.

• Commands/ Code – Instructions that tell your computer to carry out an action.

• Programming- A group of instructions that tell a computer to perform an action.

• Test – To check if your program is working correctly.

• Debug- To find and solve a problem within your programming.

• Ok, let’s start…..2

Step 1- Loading Scratch

• Load Google and search for Scratch 3.0.

• Once Scratch has loaded select, ‘Start Creating.’

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Step 2- Setting Backgrounds

• Select the ‘Choose a background’ icon.

• Select the search icon.

• Choose the ‘Blue Sky’ background.

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Step 3- Painting a Sprite

Next we will be drawing a seed shape…

• Delete the cat.

• Select the ‘Paint Brush’ icon.

• Draw a seed shape.

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Step 4-Changing size

If you need to change the size of the sprite….

• Click inside the ‘Size’ icon.

• Add a new number.

• Press Enter.

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Stage 5- Duplicating Images

Let’s duplicate your seed.

• Right click over the small image of the

seed you have just drawn.

• Select ‘Duplicate.’

• Now you should have 2 images

of the same seed.

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Stage 6- Adding to your seed

Next we will add the roots…

• Select the second image of the seed.

• In the editing, window select the paint brush and add roots.

• Duplicate this image so that you now have

2 images of a seed with roots.

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Stage 7

• Repeat stage 6 so that you have images

of each part of a plant……

1. Seed

2.Roots

3.Stem

4.Leaves

5. Flower

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Step 8- Coding

To animate your flower

• Select the ‘Code’ tab

• Add the code you see here.

REMEMBER- to find the correct code

from the blocks, use the colours as a

guide.

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Step 9- Testing your code

• Click on the Green Flag

• Watch your flower grow

Did your programming work?...

If your programming did not work, check the coding again – you may have missed one line of commands. This is known as debugging (finding and solving the problem)

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Step 8- Challenge!

• Can you duplicate your flower sprite, so that you have more than one flower?

• Can you change the colour of the flowers so they are not all the same?

• What can you change in the coding so that the flowers grow at different speeds.

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Step 9- Share your results with a family member!OK, so your animation is all ready!

Change your screen to full screen by…

• Selecting the Full Screen Control

• Select the Green Flag

• Show the animation to your family!!

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