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Olympic Hurdler

In this resource you will use Scratch to make a hurdling game, which requires the player to rapidly hit the keyboard to make the hurdler run, and use expert timing to make them jump at the right time.

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Scratch olympics hurdler

What you will learn

  • Animate costumes in Scratch
  • Use conditional selection and Boolean operators to make changes in a program
  • Use conditional selection within loops
  • Use variables to model speed, distance, and time

What you will need

  • An internet connected computer
  • Scratch 1.4

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