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3rd/4th Instructions for Regions of Texas

Log into Scratch
Press “Create”

Name your file
Press “Share”

See example at: bit.ly/scratchtexas

Type in the “Instructions” and “Notes and Credits”�
Press “See Inside” when done typing to go to coding page

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Create Slide Doc

Create a New Slide show
Name it “Regions of Texas”
Go to FILE, choose PAGE SET UP
Select “Standard 4:3”��

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Make your cover

Give it a title
Choose a background color
Add your Texas and your Coyote drawing

Search for the following:

3rd grade Drawings

4th grade Drawings

Texas Photos

Double click on folder to see drawings

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Create Slide Doc

Panhandle Plains

Agriculture:

corn
wheat
cotton
dairy farms
beef/cattle
pigs

Industry

Wind Turbines
Oil

Major City: Amarillo

State Park: Palo Duro Canyon

Animals: porcupine, antelope

South Texas Plains

Agriculture:

Beef/Cattle
Cotton
Fruit & Vegetables

Industry

Medical

Major City: San Antonio

State Park: Alamo & Mission

Trail

Animals: Javelina, Ocelot, Green Jay

Create a new slide for each region.
Copy the text.
Insert, Images from Drive-
Search for Google Folder called “Texas Photos”

Keep colors the same for each region

When done with each slide- press:
FILE, DOWNLOAD, JPEG

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Create Slide Doc

Hill Country

Agriculture:

Sheep, goats

Industry

Technology
Government

Major City: Austin

State Park: McKinney Falls

Animals: Deer, Armadillo

Prairies and Lakes

Agriculture:

Pigs
Cotton
Wheat
Corn
Dairy farms
Beef/Cattle

Industry

Technology
Medical

Major City: Dallas, Fort Worth

State Park: Lake Texoma

When done with each slide- press:
FILE, DOWNLOAD, JPEG

Create a new slide for each region.
Copy the text.
Insert, Images from Drive-
Search for Google Folder called “Texas Photos”

Keep colors the same for each region

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Create Slide Doc

Piney Woods

Agriculture:

Lumber
Chicken

Industry

Major City: Tyler

State Park: Lake Caddo

Animals: Alligator, Gar

Gulf Coast

Industry

Oil
Healthcare
Technology
NASA
Shipping
Fishing

Major City: Houston, Galveston

State Park: Padre Island National Seashore

Animals: Heron, Sea Turtle, Pelican

When done with each slide- press:
FILE, DOWNLOAD, JPEG

Create a new slide for each region.
Copy the text.
Insert, Images from Drive-
Search for Google Folder called “Texas Photos”

Keep colors the same for each region

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Create Slide Doc

Mountains and Desert

Industry

Oil
Wind Power

Major City: El Paso

State Park: Big Bend

Animals: Coyote, Mountain Lion

Create a new slide for each region.
Copy the text.
Insert, Images from Drive-
Search for Google Folder called “Texas Photos”

Keep colors the same for each region

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Download Drawings

Did you download all your slides? If not, click on each slide- then follow the below directions to save them as a JPG

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Upload Texas slide

as a backdrop

Go to Scratch- your stage
Hover over Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of Texas
Rename your backdrop TEXAS

TEXAS

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Upload Mountains

as a backdrop

Go to your stage
Hover over Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of Mountains
Rename your backdrop “ Mountains”

Mountains

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Upload Gulf Coast as backdrop

Go to your stage
Press Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of Gulf Coast
Rename your backdrop “Coast”

Coast

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Upload Piney Woods as backdrop

Go to your stage
Press Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of Piney Woods
Rename your backdrop “Piney Woods”

Piney Woods

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Upload Prairies and Lakes as backdrop

Go to your stage
Press Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of Praries and Lakes
Rename your backdrop “Prairies”

Prairies

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Upload Panhandle Plains as backdrop

Go to your stage
Press Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of panhandle
Rename your backdrop “Panhandle”

Panhandle

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Upload South Texas Plains as backdrop

Go to your stage
Press Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of South Texas
Rename your backdrop “South Texas Plains”

South Texas Plains

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Upload Hill Country as backdrop

Go to your stage
Press Backdrop Button
Press Upload Backdrop
Find your slide of Hill Country
Rename your backdrop “Hill Country”

Hill Country

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Create Sprites

Hover over sprite icon (cat)
Click “Paint”�—----
Click the Text tool
Type “High Plains”
Name your sprite “High plains”

High Plains

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Create Sprites

Create a sprite for each section of Texas.

You may need to make the words smaller by changing the size to ‘70’

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You can move the words with the arrow tool

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Create “Back” Sprite

Hover over Sprite Icon
Choose a Costume
Pick a button or an arrow

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Create “Back” Sprite

Click on Text tool
Choose a color
Choose a font
Type “Back”
You can move the word with your arrow tool, or make it larger or smaller by pulling on the corner dot

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Create “Back” Sprite

Rename your sprite “Back”
Move the button to the corner

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Code your Back Button

This code tells your back button to hide when the program starts

This code tells your button when to show

This code tells the computer what backdrop to show when the button is clicked

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Code Backdrop- Texas

Click on your backdrops button

2. Click on the Code Tab for Texas

3. Add this code

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Code Sprite -Mountains

Go to SPRITES!!!!!!!!

Click on your Mountains sprite

2. Click on the Code Tab

3. Add this code

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Code Sprite - Coast

Click on your Coast sprite

2. Click on the Code Tab

3. Add this code

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Code other Sprites

Click on your other sprites. You will add this code for each one...
Highplains, Piney woods, South Texas Plains, Hill Country

2. Click on the Code Tab

3. Add this code

Switch this code to match the name of the sprite you are on