10 BLOCKS
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVES
By completing this activity, students
UNIT 1
SUGGESTED TIME
will:
+ create a project with the
15–30
constraint of only being able to
MINUTES use 10 blocks
ACTIVITY DESCRIPTION RESOURCES
❑ Help students sign in to their Scratch ❑ 10 Blocks handout
accounts and click on the Create ❑ 10 Blocks studio
button at the top of the Scratch
website to start a new project. http://scratch.mit.edu/studios/475480
Optionally, have the 10 Blocks REFLECTION PROMPTS
handout available to guide students
during the activity.
+ What was difficult about being able
❑ Give students time to create a to use only 10 blocks?
project with only these 10 Scratch + What was easy about being able to
blocks: go to, glide, say, show, hide, use only 10 blocks?
set size to, play sound until done, + How did it make you think of things
when this sprite clicked, wait, and differently?
repeat. Remind students to use each
block at least once in their project REVIEWING STUDENT
and encourage them to experiment
with different sprites, costumes, or WORK
backdrops. + Do projects include all 10 blocks?
+ How do different students react to
❑ Invite students to share their projects the idea of creating with
in their critique groups (see the Unit constraints? What might this tell
0 Critique Group activity). Optionally, you about how this student learns?
have students add their projects to
the 10 Blocks studio or a class
studio.
NOTES NOTES TO SELF
❑ Ask students to think back on the
design process by responding to the
+ It’s surprising
reflection how much
prompts in theirone can do
design ❑ _______________________
with just 10 blocks! Take this
journals or in a group discussion.
opportunity to encourage different ❑ _______________________
ideas and celebrate creativity by ❑ _______________________
inviting a few students to present
their projects in front of the class or ❑ _______________________
by exploring other projects online in
the 10 Blocks studio.
10
BLOCK
WHAT CAN YOU
CREATE WITH ONLY 10
SCRATCH BLOCKS?
S
Create a project using only
these 10 blocks. Use them
once, twice, or multiple
times, but use each block
at least once.
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❑ Test ideas by experimenting with
each block.
❑ Mix and match blocks in various
ways.
❑ Repeat!
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❑ Try brainstorming ideas with a + Play with different sprites, costumes,
neighbor! or backdrops.
❑ Explore other projects to see what + Challenge yourself to do more! See
others are doing in Scratch. This can how many different projects you can
REFLECTION
NAME:
10
UNIT 1
RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING
BLOCKS REFLECTION PROMPTS USING THE
SPACE PROVIDED BELOW OR IN YOUR
DESIGN JOURNAL.
REFLECT
IONS
+What was difficult about being able to use only 10 blocks?
+What was easy about being able to use only 10 blocks?
+How did it make you think of things differently?
