Storytelling using Scratch

Week 1

The club kicked off with:
- Introductions
- Learning about the facilitators - their jobs, background in STEM, and fun facts.
- Intro into the project topic and software
- Examples of what to expect in the sessions to come

Then jumping right in with an exercise to get everyone up and moving. The first club exercise was a "Hopes and Fears" exercise to have an open conversation of what the girls

Week 2

Learning Scratch Coding Basics
- The girls setup Scratch accounts (parental approval required)
- Learning about Scratch sprites, backdrops, and the code bricks: Motion, Looks, Events, Variables

Created a Practice Project Using the Basics
>> 'Move _ steps'
>> 'Say _ for 1 second'
(This helped apply the scratch basics they had just learned. By select a sprint, and using 2 different code blocks.

Week 3

The girls were grouped into teams and given 1 famous women to research and build their stories around.

Research Basics
- Completed a Design Thinking activity to brainstorm topics to research that students their age are interested in
- The girls prioritized the facts and accomplishments

Storyboarding
The teams mapped out their facts in a storyboard format - 2 rows of 3 post-its - only 1 fact/ac

Week 4

If Statements

Example:
if the restaurant serves pizza then get pizza
if the restaurant serves pizza then get pizzaelse get a sandwich
if the restaurant serves pizza then get pizza else if they serve breakfast then get pancakes else get a sandwich

Week 5

Loops

Example:
while ingredients are not combined, mix them together
for 10 minutes, bake at 375
forever, eat the cookies

Crunch time! Working sessions...

Week 6
- Selected sprites to represent their characters
- Selected backgrounds to display behind each scene
- Refined story to a minimum of 5 facts

Week 7
- Organized facts so they were told in a sequence of events
- Tested the story animations to refine timing for readability
- Added custom sprites and backgrounds

Week 8
- Peer reviewed each other's stories
- Learned