Computer science Lesson Plan
Class: 6 - Lesson:13 Advanced Programming: Creating Sprite Costumes and Backdrops

Purpose: Students should learn how to create and edit sprites, costumes and backdrops in Scratch.

No. of Classes

One class(Teacher's decision).

Materials Required

Scratch 3.0.

Curriculum Content
  • 5.1) Backdrop (Stage)
  • 5.2) Sprite (Object)
  • 6.1) Using AI tools

    • Prior knowledge

    Students should know the following before this exercise :

  • Sprite and backdrop.
  • looks and motion blocks.

    • Exercises

    Exercise:1


    • For the Sprite (Beetle), create one more costume, and create a new Sprite of your own choice using the ‘Paint’ control.

    Exercise:2


    • Generate costumes using AI image generation with Gemini or other LLMs so that same sprite can be given different costumes for animations.

    Exercise:3


    • Create a Backdrop and a Sprite using paint options. Draw the below given picture in a Scratch file using the Paint tool.
    No Image

    Solutions


  • Link to view solution video for exercise-1.
  • Link to view solution video for exercise-2.
  • Link to view solution video for exercise-3.

    • Teacher's Instruction
    1. Explain about costumes for Sprites.
    2. Clarify the difference between a Backdrop and a Sprite.
    3. Teachers should show Students how to create a new sprite using paint control.
    4. Teachers should show the students how to generate images using AI tools.
    5. POINTS TO PONDER :Can you use .gif images in scratch?.