Scratch is a programming language and online community that helps you create your own interactive stories, games, and animations – and share your creations with others around the world. In the process of designing and programming Scratch projects, young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively.

Scratch website: https://scratch.mit.edu/

When I've earned this patch:

• I have learned basic block programming and logical thinking;
• I know how to create my own interactive stories, games and animations; and
• I can share my creations with my peers.

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Watch the introduction video: Scratch Overview

• Complete the Getting Started tutorial.

• Choose one or more projects:
  Animate a Name
  Make it Fly
  Make Music
  Race to the Finish
  Hide and Seek
  Fashion Game
  Create a Story
  Pong Game
  Let's Dance
  Catch Game
  Virtual Pet
  

• Create your own projects with Scratch.
• Share your projects with the Scratch community.
  

Watch the inspirational video: Scratch Day

Celebrate with the Hour of Code patch you have earned. Way To Go, Girl Coders!

Are you inspired to dive deeper into coding? Here are more activities you could do after earning the Scratch patch. 

• Scratch Day

• Hour of Code
  Scratch Hour of Code Activity
  

• App Inventor Patch
  App Inventor is the next level of block programming from MIT that teaches users to user computers to build mobile apps for Android devices.

• More coding patches

• Other coding resources