COMPONENTS OF SCRATCH

The scratch screen is divided into three panes:

• stage and sprite pane
• Blocks palette
• Script area

Let us look at the different parts of the scratch window.

SPRITE:

The sprite object performs various actions in a scratch project.Scratch provides several inbults sprites.When you open Scratch,the default sprite.Cat is selected and displayed in the middle of the stage.You can work with this sprite,or you can even replace it with a new one.

STAGE:

The stage is the main working area of Scratch.It is used to draw pictures or perform actions.It is the place where the sprites move and interact with each other.It is 480 pixels wide and 380 pixelshigh.It is divided into (x,y) coordinates,which show the position of the sprite.The values of both the coordinates are diaplayed at the bottom right corner of the stage.

SPRITE INFO PANE:

The sprite info pane displays information about the selected sprite as well as a few tools for manipulating the sprite.You can click on the(i)icon present on the top left corner of the sprite thumbnail to display the sprite info pane.

SPRITE LIST:

The sprite list displays the thumbnail of the selected sprite below the stage.

STAGE ICON:

The stage icon is present on the left of the sprite list

BLOCKS PALETTE:

The blocks palette contains the blocks the are used to perform specific tasks.This blocks are categorised based on their functionalities,and are used to form scripts.The blocks within each category share the same colour.These are the categories of blocks in the blocks palette,namesly,namely,motion,looks,sound,pen,data,events control,sensing,operations,and more blocks.

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