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HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL MOTION

Unit 1: What is
Computer
Science?

Up until now, you've likely been using the Left, Right, Up, and Down
blocks from the "More Blocks" menu to move our hero sprite. At this
point, we'll switch to using the"Vertical Block _" and "Horizontal Block _"
in the More Blocks menu. These blocks allow us to tell the sprite how

Unit 2: Solving

Puzzles in
Scratch

without using any loops. This is much more similar to the way that
Scratch's usual motion blocks work.

Starting with
Scratch

BROADCASTING

Levels 1 and 2
Lesson

Teacher
Resources

running. This can be useful to schedule the order in which multiple

sprites should move or interact, as well as to indicate the "statuses" of

Level 5
Lesson

The "broadcast" block, found in the Events section of the Block

area,allowssprites to send messages to each other while a program is

Levels 3 and 4
Lesson

many squares to move in a particular direction, horizontally or vertically,

Unit 3: Data
and Codes

Unit 4:
Projects in
Scratch

Unit 5:
Problem
Solving and
Algorithms

Course Survey

sprites as they reach dierent stages of a program.

To see how these blocks can be used to solve Level 5.6, watch the video
below.

Level 5.6: Horizontal Motion, Vertical Motion, and Broadcast

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ELLY: In level 5.6, our

goals are pretty
simple.

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We don't have to deal

with any villains or any
portals.

MyCS: Scratch Puzzle 5.6

We just have to get

from the beginning to
the end.

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