Scratch Lesson 2: Dance!

In Lesson one, we created a sprite and used Paint Editor to add four costumes. In this lesson, I will show you how to make this sprite dance. I will also show you how to turn this project into a movie clip that you can start, stop and view in full screen mode.

 

View the PDF version of this lesson HERE.

Download the starting project HERE.

Step 1: Dance

Open the “dance” project that we created in Lesson 1. Click “Sprite1” and change its name to “dancer1”.

 

Click “Scripts” tab. Sprite “dancer1” doesn’t have any script blocks. Click “Control”.

 

Then drag out “forever” script block and drop it in the script editor.

 

Click “Looks”. Drag out “next costume” block and drop it inside “forever” block to form a combo block.

 

Now double click this combo block to see dancer1 spin like crazy!

 

We need to slow him down! To do so, click “Control” again. Drag “wait 1 secs” and drop it under “next costume”. Now double click the combo block again.

 

 

Step 2: Finishing and Testing

 

We are almost done with creating our first animation. To wrap it up, drag “when clicked” and drop it above “forever” block. Now click the button to start the animation.

 

We are done with the first animation. Try viewing in full-screen mode or “presentation mode” by clicking.

 

 

 

Step 3: Kick Up a Notch

 

You can add more costumes or make dancer1 dance faster. I added two extra costumes: “front2” and “back2”. I also change “wait 1 secs” to “wait 0.5 secs” to make dancer1 dance faster.

Download the result project HERE.

View the PDF version of this lesson HERE.

IT’S TIME FOR ME TO TAKE A ICED TEA BREAK. SEE YOU IN NEXT LESSON.


 

 

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