Scratch
What is Scratch used for?
beginner-friendly website to learn the basics of coding using a visual block learning language
True or False: Python is a high-level programming language (easiest to understand)
True
What is the main language that we used to make our website?
HTML (hyper text markup language)
Bill Gates (and Paul Allen)
True or False: You need to be good at math in order to code/ learn computer science.
False
(it's more of problem solving and analytical thinking)
Name 2 activities we did on Scratch
Remixing an existing project
Personal Narrative
Name 3 data types in Python (ex: boolean - True or False)
strings, integers, floats
Name 3 things you can change when designing a website. (ex: margins)
background color, padding, font size, font style, line height/space, etc.
List 3 fields that utilize coding
sports (analysis of games)
fashion (ex: adding tech to clothes)
animation
gaming
social media
Who is currently the world's richest person? (P.S. he's also a computer programmer!)
Jeff Bezos - CEO of Amazon
What are the characters on Scratch called?
Sprites
Identify the valid variable names:
a) p b) 2one
c) first_name d) ok?
a) and c)
What letter do you use to start a paragraph in HTML?
<p>
What do you call numbers that are only expressed in base 2? (so only with 0 and 1)
binary numbers
Disney, Microsoft, and Apple are all companies that started in ..... (hint: it's a location)
garage
Name 3 block colors and their purpose (ex: orange blocks = control)
blue = motion; purple = looks; pink/magenta = sounds; yellow = events; light blue = sensing; green = operators; orange = variables; red = my blocks
How would I get the user to tell me their name?
** just need to use input
What do we need to put an image or video on our website?
the link
<img src=".....">
What do you call a person who creates/codes software programs?
software developer
what's the longest word you can type using only one row on the keyboard (hint: image of keyboard)
typewriter
Name 3 types of projects you can make on Scratch (ex: animations)
games, music, art, stories, and tutorials
what does this code print:
** code shown on board
caramel
What language is used to style a website (not HTML)
CSS (cascading style sheets)
First computer programmer (hint: it was a woman)
Ada Lovelace
What was the first computer programmed game? (hint: it's really simple)
Tic-Tac-Toe