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Screen Grid	This is grid 48 cells by 36 cells. It can be used ti map out scren designs.
Turtle Graphics with Scratch	An introductory activity that creates scripts to draw regular polygons and then spirals. Some familiarity with Logo might help because these spirals are a common activity in Turtle Graphics. The booklet ends with an initial use of Broadcast to create a form of procedural structure and also presents a simple approach to developing an interactive user interface.
Spiral Machine	This booklet builds on the previous one. A more elaborated user interface is developed to include a displayed menu and help pages. The spiral drawing procedure is particularly neat! This is version 1 - it needs some more work. View this project here: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/dlongm01/1838770
Racing Car Game: Workbook Sprites	The object of this game is simple: to get around the circuit without crashing. It's a fairly simple exercise using basic techniques of looping and key control. The relevant sprite and stage are provided in the zip file. Click the the sprites link to get a Scratch file with the car and the race track already set up. Just add scripts.
Pong	This is my (draft) version of the classic game. In my notes and commentaries I describe that I saw this game and a similar one being taught to a Year 8 class. This link includes the workbooks and some links to other information about Pong which is of course a classic computer game.
Falling Stuff Game	Along with Pong I also saw a version of this game being taught to a Year 7 class (see notes and commentaries). Thought I'd better know how to do it myself! My game is called 'Falling Stuff' - the game I saw was called 'Falling Fruit'. The basic game format is a sprite that catches other sprites falling from the top of the screen. Points are scored according to which fruits are caught. Power-ups and other features are suggested as game developments.