Create Your First Program with Scratch
6 weeks · 2 milestones
Build an interactive project using Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) — a game, animation, or story where something moves or responds to a click. Share the public project URL as proof. Scratch is free, browser-based, and built for ages 8 and up.
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3 milestones
Work through at least 3 guided Scratch tutorials on scratch.mit.edu, completing each one until you have a project you can share. Scratch is free, browser-based, and designed to get you making something in the first session. After each tutorial your project is saved to your account and gets a public URL — that URL is your proof. By the end of 3 tutorials you will have made something that moves, responds, and works the way you told it to.
Proof required
Share the public Scratch URL of your favourite completed tutorial project (it should open to the actual project, not just your profile). In 40+ words total: describe what the project does, what you had to figure out to make it work, and what you want to try next.
What gets checked
- Scratch URL opens to a working project — not a blank editor, not a profile page — and the project has at least one sprite that moves or reacts to something
- Description explains in the student's own words what the project does and one specific thing they learned or had to solve — 'I clicked through the tutorial' is not enough
- 40-word combined minimum is met across the description — bullet lists or one-word answers do not count toward the word target