Learning how to use Scratch: Animate it.

Using the Scratch program i was able to animate a character. I used a picture of a ghost, then copied it, then changed the second one a little and by using a script, i was able to animate it.

Learning how to use scratch: Moving Animation.

Using scracth i was able to make a character move. e.g ui used a parrot and was able to make it look like it was flying.

Learning how to use scratch: Move to a beat.

Using the scratch program i was able to make a charcater move to a beat. I was able to pick a drum to play at certain beat and make the character move a certain amount of steps to that beat.

Learning how to use scratch: Key-Moves.

By using the scratch program i was able to move the sprites in a direction when i pressed a certain key, depending on what key i assigned to the sprite.

Learning how to use scratch: Keep-score.

Using the scratch program i was able to use two characters (shark &fish) and with my instructions keep score of how many times the shark touched the fish.

Flowcharts

1. Start, read temperature. If the temperature is less than 32 it will print ' Below Freezing'. If the temperature is more than 32 it will print 'Above Freezing'.
2. Flowchart for opening a door and entering a room:

'Computers never do what you want them to do, they only do what you tell them to!'

Defintions:1. Algorithms - A process or set of rules to be followed in calculations or other problem-solving operations. eg. by a computer.
2. Pseudocode - In computer science and numerical computation, pseudocode is a compact and high-level description of the operating principle of a computer program.
3. Machine Language -  a programming language designed for use on a specific class of computers.
4. High Level Computer language - A high level programming language is a programming language with strong abstractation from the details of the computer.
5. Flowchart - a diagram of the sequence of operations in a computer program or an accounting system.
6. Sequence - A particular order in which related events, movements, or things follow each other.
7. Selection - The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable.
8. Repetition - The recurrence of an action or event.

Algorithms:
Opening a door and entering a room:
1. Walk towards the door
2. Place hand around the knob on the door
3. Twist the knob in a clockwise direction, if that doesn't work turn it anti-clockwise.
4. Push the door away from you.
5. Walk through the doorway and enter the room