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Digital Starters · Core · ZTH-COD-002

Creative Coding with Scratch

In this course you will use sequences, loops, conditions, variables and events.

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What you will be able to do

  • Use sequences, loops, conditions, variables and events
  • design, test and improve a game
  • present a project

Syllabus

  1. Weeks 1–3 Motion, looks, sound, loops
  2. Weeks 4–6 Events, decisions, variables and scores
  3. Week 7 Game design and testing
  4. Weeks 8–10 Build a two-level game with a theme from the community
  5. Week 11 Polish and peer review
  6. Week 12 Showcase

Hands-on practical activities

  • Name animation
  • quiz game
  • catch-the-object game
  • community-theme game (for example water saving or road safety)
  • peer test and fix log
  • published project page

Resources and equipment

  • One laptop or tablet per two learners
  • Scratch (online or offline desktop version)
  • headphones
  • printed project cards

🔋 No power? Off-grid option

Offline Scratch on low-power laptops charged by Tier S or M solar; unplugged algorithm cards for power cuts

Career direction

Game developer, software developer, animator, educator, product designer

Why it matters in the market

Software, games and creative digital industries are expanding, and block coding is the base for later web and AI skills

Assessment

Weekly project checklist; capstone rubric (design, function, creativity, explanation)

Progression

From TT1, TT2; leads to EX1 Web Development and EX2 Python and Data