Scratch Project, by Ruth

For those who don't know what Scratch is, it's a "drag and drop" programming language similar to Lego Mindstorms and Basic.  It was developed by MIT and shared for free on the web, or as a downloadable program for kids to learn how to program. It uses the same types of commands used in all computer programming languages - if-then-else cycles, loops, defining variables and objects, etc, but because the blocks of language are visual, it's easier to catch on.

Ruth started learning Scratch programming at a two-day computer camp last summer, about a year ago.  Since then she's played with it a little off and on, but this summer she's been much more interested in making her own programs.  I was impressed with this one because she created twelve different objects, called "sprites" and each sprite had two costumes, before and after the words were found.  She had to make the objects interact, like when a word was circled, she wanted it crossed off the list too. Ruth will say a few words about her project below, and we'll share the link to it as well.  That way you can take a closer look at her coding and ask her questions if you have any. 

How you play is: press the green flag and look at the list of words that you need to find and find all of the words on the list.

You don't need to remember the words you have found and have not found because the words you have found will not be on the list.

Link to play and to look at the coding: Ruth's Word Search

I hope you enjoy my word search!

Thanks for reading!