Science from Scratch

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Doing Science with Scratch

There are several different ways that students can interact with scratch. The simplest is to play with some of the science projects that have been posted to the scratch site. There are good projects on projectiles, vibrations, mitosis and many others. Students can explore these as they would any other simulation or applet. But the real advantage of Scratch is the ability to make programming accessible to students. To take advantage of this we really want students engaged in creating (or modifying) their own simulations of science content.

One model is to give students the beginning of a simulation - some basic structure, some useful graphics and some of the less critical scripts. Then students can work with the shell program to create their own simulation.

But there is a lot of value in creating a program entirely yourself (or with a group). Once students are familiar with scratch they can explore different ways to model their scientific phenomena.

We are currently working with some lesson plans and project ideas to fit the standards for different grades. If you would like to participate, join the working group.