Esther's+Scratch+Journal

Sketch-Up Project For my Sketch-Up city I will create three houses. One will be somewhat normal and the other two will look like things movies. The fourth building is a store. It will be connected to the houses to drop off produce. The people still have to go out to buy things bigger than the chutes. The last building is a small library. It will be filed with computers, books, and holograms of books.

Mini-Scratch Project For the mini-Scratch project I will do facts about deserts. It will be an interactive movie about deserts. The user will watch it and if necessary will click in answers. Different backgrounds for different deserts and fun facts about each desert. Then the movie will end in the Antarctic.

Animal Evolution Project
 * **Environment **:

Geographic area- Sahara of North Africa. -wikipidea Temperature/Weather- Desert temperatures. Plant life- Barrel Cactus, Brittle Bush, CHainfruit Cholla, Cresote Bush, Crimoson Hedgehog Cactus, Dester Ironwood [|Joshua Tree] [|Jumping Cholla] [|Mojave Aster] [|Ocotillo] [|Palo Verde] [|Pancake Prickly Pear Cactus] [|Saguaro Cactus] [|Soaptree Yucca] [|Triangle-leaf Bursage] http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/desert_plant_page.htm <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Animal life
 * <span style="color: #117d32; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Amphibians **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Sonoran Desert Toad] **


 * <span style="color: #117d32; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Arthropods] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Arizona Bark Scorpion] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Black Widow Spider (Western)] **


 * <span style="color: #117d32; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Birds **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Cactus Wren] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Greater Roadrunner] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Lappet-Faced Vulture] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Ostrich] **


 * <span style="color: #117d32; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Mammals **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Caracal] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Black-Tailed Jackrabbit] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Fennec Fox] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Kangaroo Rat] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Meerkat] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Pronghorn] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Spotted Hyena] **


 * <span style="color: #117d32; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Reptiles **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Sidewinder Rattlesnake] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Texas Banded Gecko] **
 * <span style="color: #0012ff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; text-decoration: none;">[|Texas Horned Lizard] **

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">[] || Scratch Self Evaluation-

From the grading criteria I would say that it accepts player input. It has instructions and is user friendly. It doesn’t accurately simulate the real world through; it just shows a cart running a track over and over again. I do not think it was very creative; it was just a rollercoaster that ran around. The art was simplistic and very uncreative. The spelling and grammar was decent, most things were spelled right. It took in player input. That was the core of the game and the center of game function. If the user did not input numbers into the game then it would not be able to run. Scratch Journal

My Science Scratch is doing okay for now. There is a problem with the broadcasts working but I'm going to fix them. I wonder if I will get a good grade on the Scratch, other than a learning slide it doesn't teach you about what it's supposed to, but at the same time it shows the relationship between Mass, Force, Velocity, and the other variables. I think it would get a C or B at best. To make it better I could make it more person-friendly.

Science Scratch

The Science Scratch Project will be about force, acceleration, and momentum. The player would have to build a rollercoaster track and make sure it runs to the end without stopping. The only thing that would keep the cart going would be the force and momentum; there would be no motor to help the cart. There will be sprits for the cart and the different segments of the rollercoaster track. There will be about two backgrounds, one for normal game play and another for instructions. The user wins the game by completing the rollercoaster and making the cart successfully complete the track. The game won’t keep score. The rollercoaster will make noise as it moves and there will be background music for the game. The variables for the game would be force, momentum, and acceleration

** DEBUG IT! **
 * A collection of puzzling Scratch programs**

Amos wants his cat to rotate when he presses the space bar. But the cat isn’t moving! What’s going on?
 * BUG #1**

The program cannot figure out what to do. All of the commands are playing at the same time. Stephanie wants the cat to start in the middle of the stage, then move across the stage and grow. It works the first time she clicks the green flag – but not when she clicks it again! What’s going on?
 * BUG #2**

She did not program it to reset. So the cat would start at the same point and size. Mitch wants his cat to dance to some music. But the cat is dancing after the music is over! What’s going on?
 * BUG #3**

Mitch did not make his cat stop once the music was done. He needed to stop the cat script once the music stopped playing. Karen wants to control the cat’s x-position with the keyboard: right arrow moves the cat right, left arrow moves the cat left. She also wants the cat to say if it’s on the right side or the left side depending on its x-position. The cat’s moving, but not saying its position correctly! What’s going on?
 * BUG #4**

She needs to put it a “forever” around the “if else”. It only runs once then stops so it won’t say it’s position correctly.

Todd wants his cat to jump up and down, and then move across the screen. But the cat’s hopping across the screen! What’s going on?
 * BUG #5**

The broadcasts “jumping”and “running” are happening at the same time.

The Science Scratch Project will be about force, acceleration, and momentum. The player would have to build a rollercoaster track and make sure it runs to the end without stopping. The only thing that would keep the cart going would be the force and momentum; there would be no motor to help the cart. There will be sprits for the cart and the different segments of the rollercoaster track. There will be about two backgrounds, one for normal game play and another for instructions. The user wins the game by completing the rollercoaster and making the cart successfully complete the track. The game won’t keep score. The rollercoaster will make noise as it moves and there will be background music for the game. The variables for the game would be force, momentum, and acceleration.

media type="custom" key="24077038" <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">9/23/13 <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">** Paper Minecraft v5.0 (2D Minecraft) remix ** <span style="color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Link <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">What I liked about this is it is very well done. There are a lot of the same elements of mine craft in this game. Other versions I’ve seen had this weird edit that made the character turn into slender man. It was very irritating because it would flash every five seconds. The game gives you options on how to play, unlike the one I mentioned with slender. It has a great interface to being with. It feels like real mine craft.

<span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; cursor: pointer; padding-right: 10px;">Fruit Ninja [] <span style="color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">This was a great game that has a nice interface. Everything is nicely pictured and there aren’t stray pixels. The only problem is the fruit in the game is way too small. The strawberries are as big as your curser! It kept score and a high score, unlike other games I’ve seen. Every time you played the game it <span style="color: #555555; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> <iframe allowtransparency="true" width="485" height="402" src="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/embed/13159702/" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen> the high score and your current score.

<span style="color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Super Snake <span style="-webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-color: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat; color: #000000; cursor: pointer; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px;">[] <span style="color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Nice look to the game. It was challenging but not too hard you wanted to rage quit. It was fun and addicting. The game had multiple sprites and scripts, almost two hundred scripts and 25 sprites.

<span style="color: #000000; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">My game will be like super snake. There will be a thing that you have to feed. It grows and grows when you feed it. The snake will run around the board while the player drags it to eat coins. If they eat a coin the snake will grow slightly bigger and bigger. Then there will be lasers or something that will hit the snake. If the player hits them the game is over. The player can't really win, they just play for the high-score.