EXAMPLES OF GAMES IN THE PRACTICAL GUIDE
Workshop 1: Jewel Thief
Workshop 2: Adventures at Sea
MORE LEARNING MATERIALS ABOUT SCRATCH
Scratch itself contains a multitude of tutorials and tips for using the development environment. Some useful tools and websites include
- Getting Started Tutorial in Scratch
- More Tips and Tutorials in Scratch
- The Scratch Wiki for information about specific program components
- ScratchEd Community
- Linkki’s Peliklinikka (Game Clinic) for posting any projects you have problems with
Linkki also hosts a mass of materials and game ideas for use by teachers and Scratchers alike. Most of these are in Finnish, but we’re working on getting materials translated as well.
PROGRAMMING WITHOUT ACCESS TO SCRATCH ONLINE
The Scratch website can occasionally be out of reach due to updates, network connections faults or other reasons. You can prepare for this beforehand by installing the Scratch offline version.
Another option is to try Snap!, which is a similar development environment built on a different web technology.
MORE PUZZLES FOR PROGRAMMING WITHOUT A COMPUTER
- Binary Numbers task and sheet of cards for the task
- More puzzles at the CS Unplugged website
LINKKI
Linkki science lab is a unit for early education in computer science and programming skills. The lab provides after school activities on programming for youth in age groups 9-16 years, and supports teachers with continuing education in the field.
Linkki is a part of the LumA Science Education Centre at the University of Helsinki, and is hosted by the University of Helsinki Department of Computer Science. Linkki’s website can be found at linkki.cs.helsinki.fi.
