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2. Seth and Johnwww.Build-It-Yourself.com Parents sometimes make our lives miserable because they don’t give us enough time to play computer games. Convince parents that they should give us more time to play (and create) computer games because we will learn valuable life skills.

3. Seth and Johnwww.Build-It-Yourself.com 1)Improve problem solving skills. 2)Encourage collaboration. 3)Exercise taking risks. 1)Can be addictive. 2)Can be violent. 3)Can invite predators. Pro’s Con’s

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5. Problem Solving Tricks #1 Define the problem and set goals. #2 Don’t reinvent the wheel. #3 Work together. #4 Break your solution into parts. #5 Document. Seth and Johnwww.Build-It-Yourself.com

6. Program Structures 1) Sequence vs. Parallel 2) Iteration 3) Conditional Statements 4) Variables 5) Messages Seth and Johnwww.Build-It-Yourself.com

7. Here are some ideas for rockets. It is usually better to make your PPT backgrounds dark so that when you ‘cut your characters out’ in Scratch, there will be a slight black outline around your images. www.build-it-yourself.com

8. c c Here are some ideas for rockets. It is usually better to make your PPT backgrounds dark so that when you ‘cut your characters out’ in Scratch, there will be a slight black outline around your images. www.build-it-yourself.com

9. Here are some ideas for game characters. You may need a white or gray background if part of your character has black parts like the pigeon glasses or chicken feathers.

10. www.build-it-yourself.com Here are some ideas for game characters. You may need a white or gray background if part of your character has black parts like the black hair.

11. You will need planets in your space scenes. It is usually better to cut out planets and place them in your space scene. This gives you lot’s of flexibility and makes it easy to detect when your rocket reaches a particular planet. In Scratch, make the background transparent and move the planet to the middle of the frame. www.build-it-yourself.com

12. Make a simple space background with a few white stars. www.build-it-yourself.com

13. Check that your planets look good on your space background or stage. If the background is too busy, your foreground characters may not pop out. www.build-it-yourself.com

14. Make a planet scene for each planet you want to explore. www.build-it-yourself.com

15. Check that your characters look good on your planet background or stage. If the background is too busy, your foreground characters may not pop out. www.build-it-yourself.com

16. Make a planet scene for each planet you want to explore. www.build-it-yourself.com

17. Make a planet scene for each planet you want to explore. www.build-it-yourself.com

18. Make a planet scene for each planet you want to explore. www.build-it-yourself.com

19. 1.Size your rockets and characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Rotate your rockets so they point to the right. This will make it easier to point them in the right direction in Scratch. 3.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your rockets and characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your rockets and characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

20. 1.Size your rockets and characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Rotate your rockets so they point to the right. This will make it easier to point them in the right direction in Scratch. 3.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your rockets and characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your rockets and characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

21. 1.Size your rockets and characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Rotate your rockets so they point to the right. This will make it easier to point them in the right direction in Scratch. 3.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your rockets and characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your rockets and characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

22. 1.Size your rockets and characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Rotate your rockets so they point to the right. This will make it easier to point them in the right direction in Scratch. 3.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your rockets and characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your rockets and characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

23. 1.Size your characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.Position them in the center with black rectangles if possible. When you cut out your characters in Scratch (i.e. create transparent backgrounds) your characters will have a black outline as opposed to a white outline. Also your characters will register (not jump around) when you animate them. www.build-it-yourself.com

31. You need a white background for this bird because a black background would enable you to see the black glasses. www.build-it-yourself.com

32. 1.Size characters so they can maneuver around your scenes. 2.You need a white background for this bird because a black background would enable you to see the black glasses. www.build-it-yourself.com

33. Make all your animated character frames and then put them in a rectangle to ensure registration. www.build-it-yourself.com

34. Make all your animated character frames and then put them in a rectangle to ensure registration.

35. www.build-it-yourself.com Make all your animated character frames and then put them in a rectangle to ensure registration.