Creative Coding with Scratch

Singing Princess
Getting Started
Choose Theater backdrop.

Choose Princess from the sprite library and set size to

80 and position in the centre of the stage.

Choose Button2 from the sprite library and use

duplicate to create three separate sprites. Set the size
Beatbox Opera Scales to 80 and position them along the bottom of the stage.

Challenge 1
Can you make the Beatbox, Opera and Scale buttons play sounds when clicked?

Challenge 2
Can you change the pitch effect on the Scale button?

Challenge 3
Can you use Costumes to animate the Princess as she sings?

Challenge 4
Can you add voice recordings to the Princess?

I can:
change size and position of sprites;
duplicate sprites;
add text to sprites;
add sound effects;
change pitch effect;
change costumes;
add a voice recording.

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 Helpful Hints
Singing Princess
Each Creative Coding Challenge is an open-ended task, which can be approached
in many different ways. Pupils should be encouraged to have a go and tackle these
tasks independently. The following hints are not intended to provide complete
solutions but may serve as useful cues for supporting less-confident coders.

To change fonts using Costumes:

T Beatbox

To add sounds to a sprite:

The following code belongs to the The following code belongs to the
Beatbox sprite: Opera sprite:

when this sprite clicked when this sprite clicked

repeat 4 repeat 2

play sound Beat Box1 until done play sound Singer1 until done

play sound Beat Box2 until done

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The following code belongs to the

To change the pitch effect:
Scales sprite:

when this sprite clicked

repeat 3 change pitch effect by 30

play sound Singer2 until done

Top Tip: Think about which sprite

you will be adding this effect to and Top Tip
consider where you will include it Remember to add a clear sound
within the code. effects block outside of the
repeat block so that it can reset
for when you next press the
Scales button.

clear sound effects

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To switch costumes while a sound is

playing:

when this sprite clicked

switch costume to princess-a

play sound recording1 until done

switch costume to princess-d

play sound recording2 until done

switch costume to princess-c

play sound recording3 until done

switch costume to princess-b

To record a sound:
Top Tip: It would be useful to find a
quiet place to record to ensure your Go to Sounds and select the record
audio is clear. option when choosing a sound. Press
the record button when you are ready.

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