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Fun         Scratch was created by Mitchel Resnick at the
                         Fact!       MIT Media Lab in 2007.







                  Components of Scratch Window


                 Let us now learn about the components of scratch.


                                            Tabs            Go button     Stop button                                       LET’S LEARN SCRATCH






                                                                                  Stage area
                        Block
                       Palette                                                                         Backdrop
                                                                Script                                                    87
                                                                                                       Sprite


                                                      Coding area




                                                                                 Sprites
                                                                                Info pane

                     Stage Area: It is similar to a stage in a play where everything takes place.

                    Backdrop: It is a background of the stage.
                     Sprite: It is the character which acts on the stage. The default sprite in Scratch
                   is an orange cat.

                     Go Button: It is the green flag and when you click on it, it runs a Scratch program.
                     Stop Button: It is the red button which on clicking stops the running Scratch
                   program.

                     Sprites Info Pane: It shows all the details of sprites and backdrops used in a
                   project. You can add, delete, see the name and location, increase and decrease
                   the size of a sprite. Similarly, you can add or change the backdrop.
                     Block Palette: It displays the categories of blocks based on their functions and

                   uses.
                     Script: Script is a collection of a number of stacked blocks. Script is actually a
                   program which gives the instructions in the form of blocks. A script must have at
                   least two blocks.

                     Coding Area: It is the area where you stack your blocks to create scripts. When
                   we click on a script, all the blocks execute from top to bottom.
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