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Activity Originally Created By: Trish Valceschini

Let's go to MIT

Part of Lesson Plan: Scratch Intro #3 - Make it Thru Your Maze

Activity Overview / Details

Play 15 seconds of Eye of the Tiger. 

Yes, something big will be happening today.  You are going to program your first game in Scratch.  Yesterday we took a field trip to MIT’s website to explore the various usages of Scratch but let’s do something even better let’s go into MIT’s Media lab and see what else they do there.

Using your projector show the MIT Media Lab Video (2:35) to the entire class.  Students will be very excited about what they just saw so allow for a 2 minute discussion.

Materials / Resource

  • Scratch Worksheet #3.docx Scratch Worksheet #3.docx [ Download ] This is a handout for the students for Lesson 3 created in Word 2007
  • Scratch_Worksheet_3.pdf Scratch_Worksheet_3.pdf [ Download ] This is the same handout as a PDF
  • MIT - Media Lab.wmv MIT - Media Lab.wmv [ Watch Video ] [ Download Original Video ] This video takes you inside the Media Lab at MIT
  • Eye of the Tiger.mp3 Eye of the Tiger.mp3 [ Download ] Play this clip at the beginning of the lesson.