Scratch graphing for NSTA

Enhancing Elementary Science with Scratch & PicoBoard Using graphing as a Playground for Literacy and Mathematics... Brian Huang, Derek Runberg, Jeff Branson Learn.sparkfun.com Jeff.bra

Enhancing Elementary Science

with Scratch & PicoBoard

Using graphing as a Playground for Literacy and

Mathematics

Brian Huang, Derek Runberg, Jeff

Branson Learn.sparkfun.com Jeff.branson@sparkfun.com

• 15min-introduction to Scratch, History

• 15min- a few basic functions

• 15min- draw and graph

• 15min-PicoBoard

• 10min-adding more functions

Scripts, Background and Sound

The commands

How do I remember all this?

A basic function

Cloning

Orienting Scratch

Can you make Scratch move

in four directions?

Creating a sprite

Initialize the position of the

sprite

commands are in a forever ”loop”

Setting up the pen to draw

The “if’ statement

Adding a “y” control

Using broadcast

Working in the background

• To set my “graph paper” up, I click the stage icon under my sprite

Adding commands to the stage

• Using the broadcast command, the stage will clear previously drawn

lines

Adding PicoBoard

Using the sensors

• Right click or ctl click for the menu

Questions?