All,
In a couple of weeks, I am going to be participating in Career Day at the elementary (K-5) school my daughters attend. I would like to incorporate Scratch into the presentation. I only get 20 minutes which needs to include all the non-programming things too:

Who I am
What I do
Why is it cool
What skills and subjects you need to focus on to do what I do

After the 20 minutes is up, there is an additional 5 minutes for Q/A and then 5 minutes for the kids to go to the next classroom.

Assuming I can get the non-programming piece done in 5 to 7 minutes, what project do you think would be cool to build from scratch in Scratch to show these kids in 13 to 15 minutes?

I will practice building the project over and over again so that I can do it fluidly, while still talking/explaining and be able to finish in the allotted time. If you have any projects that you are willing to let me recreate or have ideas for projects that can be done in that time frame, please let me know.

Cheers,
Joshua

Maybe you could make a pong game, where you would first make a ball that bounces around the screen, then make a paddle sprite that the ball can bounce off of, then make a few (maybe 5) blocks that hide when they are hit.

Hang on, I just need one important detail: are you going to use Scratch 1.4 or 2.0?

I think that maybe a simple dance would be cool. Not so hard because it would be cool to show the kids how you programmed the dance. Also include some popular music. It'll interest the kids and they'll also learn a bit.

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