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Maya/Aztec/Inca Civilization Scratch Project

Project Highlights from Distance Learning

Choose a project and a civilization:
*Different civilization than the one you studied in depth last week
  • Virtual field trip 
  • Create a game OR tell a story: the end of the civilization 
    • Maya - tell the story of the Maya disappearance
    • Aztec - tell the story of when Cortez conquered the Aztecs Cortez Video
    • Inca - tell the story of when Pizarro conquered the Inca

Day 1: Make a plan

  1. Make a plan for your project:
    1. Copy this template
    2. Move your doc to your English/History google folder
    3. Pick your project/civilization and do some research
    4. Add details to your plan
      NOTE: Need some project inspiration, check out       Alexa's Manatee Maze Game, Virtual Tour in Rwanda, Annie & Edward's Excellent Adventure, The Chesapeake Bay
  2. Make sure you have a Scratch account:
    1. If you already have one, make sure you can login to it and note your username
    2. If you need to create one, click here. Make sure your username includes your first name somewhere, but not your last name, school name or any other personal info. Don't forget to write your username and password down somewhere safe! If you do forget, send an e-mail to kwilkens@stab.org and she can reset your password.
      NOTE: If you did the Soundscape project from your 5th grade Arts Studio, you may have already created a Scratch account.
  3. Complete the exit ticket for today!

Day 2: Set up your sprites and backdrops

  1. Check your plan to see if you have any comments to resolve
  2. Watch video tutorial (below today's exit ticket)
    1. We'll have a breakout room for watching the video. Please keep yourself on MUTE in this room.
    2. Please stay in the main room while working and ask questions here.
  3. Work on gathering/creating your sprites & backdrop images
    1. Use Scratch paint tool
    2. Use Piskel to create pixel image
    3. Use google search to find image. Be sure to copy website URL into your Image Citations at the bottom of your planning doc
  4. Add images into your Scratch project
  5. Complete the exit ticket for today!

Day 3: Use events to switch scenes & sprites

  1. Finish gathering/creating images for your sprites & backdrop images
  2. Watch video tutorial (below today's exit ticket)
    1. We'll have a breakout room for watching the video. Please keep yourself on MUTE in this room.
    2. Please stay in the main room while working and ask questions here.
  3. Start coding events on your project. You can look at the code from my example here.
  4. Complete the exit ticket for today!

Day 4: Use sensing to add interactivity

  1. Watch video tutorial (below today's exit ticket)
    1. We'll have a breakout room for watching the video. Please keep yourself on MUTE in this room.
    2. Please stay in the main room while working and ask questions here.
  2. Remember to Share your project per video tutorial instructions
  3. If you are still working on switching scenes and sprites, continue working on that
  4. If you are ready to try adding some interactions, you can look at code from my example here.
  5. Complete the exit ticket for today!

Day 5: Wrap-up & reflect

  1. Work on your project
  2. Get some test feedback on your project
    1. If you think you are done, find someone else who is too and give each other "I like" and "I wish" feedback. Be sure to be specific about the feedback, so it's easy to know what's working and what needs to be updated.
  3. Complete the exit ticket for today!
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