Scratch
Students snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Short targeted tutorials provide easy to understand instructions to help students create fun projects.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 3-4, 5-6 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Tools for learning |
| Format | Web page |
| Technologies & Programming Languages | Scratch |
| Keywords | Algorithms, Programming, Visual Programming, Block based programming, Computational Thinking |
| Organisation | MIT Media Lab |
| Copyright | Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University. Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0. |
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