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6 More on Scratch 3

Pre-Processing
Pre-Processing
• Components of Scratch 3 Window • Some More Scratch Blocks

• Drawing Polygons • Drawing a Circle

Scratch is an educational programming language created by Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT) Media Lab. It teaches you the basics of programming in a fun and
visual way. Scratch 3 is the latest version of Scratch.

COMPONENTS OF SCRATCH 3 WINDOW
The various components of the Scratch 3 window are labelled in the image given below.

Title bar Go and Stop buttons

Menu bar

Tabs Stage

Sprite
Coding Area
Blocks
Palette

Backdrop pane
Sprites Info pane

You have learned about some block categories. Let us revise these.

Motion Blocks

The Motion blocks, colour-coded blue, are used to move and turn the sprite in different
directions.

Block Function

Moves the sprite ‘n’ steps in direction faced by sprite; a negative
value moves the sprite in backward direction.

Turns the sprite by ‘n’ degrees clockwise.

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