Meet the Blocks
These yellow blocks are used to start a script, like a "start button" for your code.
What are Triggering Blocks?
This orange block looks like a clock and pauses the script for a short time.
What is the Wait block?
This is a list of step-by-step instructions that tell a computer exactly what to do.
What is an Algorithm (or Program)?
You should never share this secret word that protects your device or account.
What is a Password?
This part of the computer looks like a television and shows you images and text.
What is the Monitor (or Screen)?
This blue block makes your character move a specific number of grid squares to the right.
What is the Move Right block?
This red block causes your entire script to run over and over without stopping.
What is the Repeat Forever block?
The process of finding and fixing a mistake or "bug" in your code is called this.
What is Debugging?
A good ___________ is someone who acts safely, responsibly, and respectfully online.
What is a Digital Citizen?
You use this device with many buttons to type letters and numbers into the computer.
What is the Keyboard?
Use this purple block to make a speech bubble appear with a message you type in.
What is the Say block?
This yellow block starts your code when one character physically touches another on the stage.
What is the Start on Bump block?
This word describes the specific order in which instructions are followed.
What is a Sequence?
This is the term for using electronic devices to be mean or hurtful to others online.
What is Cyberbullying?
This small device is moved with your hand to point, click, and select items on the screen. It's named after an animal.
What is the Mouse?
To make your character look smaller, you would use this purple block.
What is the Shrink block?
These special blocks (Send and Receive) use colored "letters" to let characters talk to each other.
What are Message (or Envelope) blocks?
This is an action—like clicking a button or a character—that tells the computer to start something.
What is an Event?
Personal or Private Information? Information like your full name, home address, and school name is considered this and should not be shared.
What is Private Information?
This machine takes the pictures you see on the screen and prints them onto a real piece of paper.
What is the Printer?
This block category is green and allows you to play a "pop" sound or recorded audio.
What are Sound Blocks?
This red block instantly stops the current page and moves the project to a new scene.
What is the Go To Page block?
In coding, this is the action of doing something over and over again using a "Repeat" block.
What is a Loop (or Looping)?
If someone online says something mean to you or makes you feel uncomfortable, you should always do this.
What is tell an adult?
This is often called the "brain" of the computer because it tells all the other parts what to do.
What is the CPU (or Central Processing Unit)?