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8 Introduction to Scratch

Chapter Outline
• Starting Scratch Program • Dragging and Dropping the Blocks

• Components of Scratch Window • Movement of sprite
• Saving, Opening, and Exiting Scratch
• Scratch program to draw a square

Scratch is a simple, fun-based visual programming language designed by the Lifelong

Kindergarten Group at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) to introduce
some basic programming concepts in an interactive manner.

Scratch is fairly easy for anyone to learn with fun. All commands are on the screen,
so you can just drag and drop them. It also includes graphics and sounds and enables

you to quickly see results of your work.

Starting Scratch Program
To open Scratch, follow the given steps:
Scratch 3.0 was released on
1. Click on the Start button. January 2, 2019, and it allows you

2. Click on Scratch 3. to create projects not only on

Components of Scratch Window computers but also on tablets!

The main window opens with various parts:

Blocks Palette Green Flag and
Script Area Stop Button

Sprite

Stage
Script

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