Scratch for Teachers

Cause even the teachers have an itch for coding

Additional Hummingbird Projects

https://youtu.be/wsbxHDP8eQY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1Dls8tYMaw

https://youtu.be/gioKp4c6eLo

https://youtu.be/qnlZg6XIjjI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfHRKFF3cyg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I44ZGa7-Aqs

https://youtu.be/fUnxp5omtq4

The HummingBird Kit has a board in it that let’s you do all kinds of great things.

Let’s set up that board. The video will show you how.

https://youtu.be/xpqNpAmKHQg

Now we are going to use Scratch to complete a circuit and make our hummingbird kit sing! (Do hummingbirds sing?)

Download and install the Scratch sample for simple circuits (see video below for help)
Try out the simple circuit for Scratch (see video below)

https://youtu.be/TPBNYdjKIxY

https://youtu.be/-5HOZx7FSIw

Learning about circuits is awesome. And making circuits come to life with a robotics kit is even more awesome!

We have some tutorials ready for you to help you get going and understand how your robotics kit works.

The following lessons and tutorials should be watched and completed in number order.

Using Scratch with a HummingBird Kit is awesome. Let’s set it up now and make sure it works.

Download and install the BirdBrain Robot Server.
1. After you install it, open it up to make sure it works
2. Close the program
Download and install the desktop (not website) version of Scratch.
Follow the instructions to make sure Scratch works with your Hummingbird Kit
1. Plug in your Hummingbird board to the USB outlet.
2. Start the BirdBrain Robot Server helper application. It should show that the Hummingbird is connected.
3. Start Scratch 2.0 by pressing the Open Scratch button on the BirdBrain Robot Server.
4. Copy the code below into Scratch to check that everything is working.

https://youtu.be/PyIsGksj1g0

Explore the use of the Hummingbird blocks in scratch (More blocks) and see what you can make it do.