Hat Blocks Reporter Blocks
Stack Blocks
These blocks have notches and tabs at the
top or bottom. They contain your
commands that will be part of your script.
Motion
Use these if you want to move your sprite
somewhere on the stage. Remember that
Scratch uses a coordinate plane.
Looks
These blocks help change the appearance
of sprites. This also helps with animations,
dialogue, visibility, and backgrounds
(stage).
Sound
With these blocks, you can control how
sounds are played, including length,
tempo, and volume.
Data
These blocks use variables and lists to help
determine values. This is helpful for timers
and scoring. Variables can hold one value
and lists can hold multiple values.
These rounded top blocks will start off These are designed to fit within the
your script. They explain when to run the bubbles of other blocks.
rest of the blocks that are attached
underneath them.
Events Sensing
These blocks trigger further actions to These help to detect different
happen. activities/inputs in your projects. Use
these within control blocks.
Control Operators
These blocks help you say how long you Here you will find math functions to use in
want your script to run (loops, waiting) and your scripts. Use these within control
use conditional statements (if,then). blocks. They support mathematical and
logical expressions.
Other Important Terms:
Algorithm - a set of instructions that can be performed
Backdrop - frames/images that are used on the Stage
Conditional Statements - a statement that runs under certain situations
Function - a piece of code that you can easily call over and over again
Loops - running the same sequence multiple times
Parallelism - making things happen at the same time
Program - an algorithm that is coded into something that can be run by a machine
Scripts - one or more Scratch blocks connected together to form a sequence
Sequence - identifying a series of steps for a task
Sprite - object that performs actions on the Stage
Stage - the background of a Scratch project that contains code, backdrops, sprites, etc.
Variable- a placeholder for a piece of information that can change