Make games. Tell stories. Build ideas.
A creative coding path for young learners who want to turn imagination into interactive projects with MIT Scratch.
100 projects learners can create
Each project introduces a new coding idea while keeping the experience fun and hands-on.
Use keys, movement, and collision rules.
Build a score, timer, and enemy loop.
Explore gravity, jumping, and levels.
Practice variables, random positions, and scoring.
Create choices, reactions, and simple state.
Build questions, answers, and feedback.
Animate characters with dialogue and scenes.
Combine events, sounds, and timing.
Use broadcasts and upgrades to extend a game.
Plan, build, test, and present a personal creation.
Hide clues, collect items, and unlock the next scene.
Use clones and random spawning to avoid moving obstacles.
Navigate a map, deliver orders, and beat the clock.
Flip cards, compare pairs, and track attempts.
Animate targets, count hits, and increase the speed.
Steer around obstacles with scrolling scenery and laps.
Bounce a ball, clear bricks, and manage lives.
Repeat growing sound and color patterns using lists.
Place defenders, spawn waves, and balance points.
Solve puzzles with clues, conditionals, and broadcasts.
Aim, shoot, and use clones to create flying asteroids.
Cross moving lanes and reach the safe zone.
Swim through obstacles and collect sea treasures.
Control angle and power to score baskets.
Aim at a moving goal and track your score.
Build bumpers, flippers, and a score multiplier.
Grow a snake while avoiding walls and your own tail.
Program turns, winning lines, and a computer opponent.
Drop pieces into columns and detect four in a row.
Play against randomized choices and tally rounds.
Type prompts accurately before the timer runs out.
Shuffle words and give hints for correct guesses.
Solve equations to open doors and earn points.
Find concealed items across changing backdrops.
Drag pieces into place and check completed patterns.
Reorder numbered tiles with one empty space.
Time your cast, catch fish, and manage a score.
Plant seeds and use timers to grow a garden.
Follow orders and assemble dishes before time expires.
Guide a robot through switches, keys, and locked paths.
Follow clues and avoid hazards to find buried treasure.
Navigate through obstacles and collect power-ups.
Cast spells with cooldowns and dodge incoming attacks.
Find clues and solve puzzles to leave the house.
Control thrust and land gently on a platform.
Jump across platforms as rising lava speeds up.
Reflect beams with mirrors to reach a target.
Press keys in time with music and score streaks.
Complete tasks to care for and adopt a pet.
Choose angle and power to putt around obstacles.
Control a paddle and bounce the ball past an opponent.
Use mouse movement, puck collisions, and goal scoring.
Aim a ball and count pins knocked down.
Aim at a dartboard and calculate ring scores.
Release an arrow with adjustable power and aim.
Time your swing against different pitch speeds.
Return shots and track points across a match.
Keep a shuttle in play with timed racket swings.
Combine jumps and tricks to build a combo score.
Steer through gates while avoiding snow hazards.
Balance on a board as the wave changes.
Keep a rider upright across uneven terrain.
Tap to stay airborne and pass through narrow gaps.
Control lift and avoid the cave ceiling and floor.
Guide a falling parachute onto a moving landing zone.
Manage lift and wind to reach a destination.
Match position and speed to dock with a station.
Change signals to let cars pass safely.
Switch tracks to route trains to the right station.
Aim a water stream and manage a limited water supply.
Sort falling items into the correct recycling bins.
Visit flowers and carry pollen back to the hive.
Create paths to guide ants toward food.
Slide across ice and stop before the edge.
Reveal buried fossils with clicks and assemble a skeleton.
Protect a rover by predicting falling meteor paths.
Pass through barriers only when your color matches.
Drop moving blocks and keep a growing tower balanced.
Pop matching bubbles and clear the board.
Swipe across fruit while avoiding penalty objects.
Tap a balloon to keep it from touching the ground.
Track a hidden ball as cups change positions.
Respond to a signal and measure your reaction time.
Compare two scenes and count the differences found.
Find hidden words in a letter grid.
Spell a prompted word and earn points for accuracy.
Use higher-or-lower hints to find a secret number.
Guess a color code using position and color feedback.
Fill a small grid while enforcing row and column rules.
Reveal safe cells using nearby-hazard clues.
Slide numbered tiles and combine matching values.
Toggle neighboring lights until the board is dark.
Push crates onto marked spaces without trapping them.
Move disks between pegs while following size rules.
Take turns drawing lines and claim completed squares.
Place ships and track hits on a coordinate grid.
Move diagonally, capture pieces, and promote kings.
Place counters and flip trapped opposing pieces.
Buy items while keeping a running total within budget.
Choose coins to make the exact requested amount.
What learners practice
Sequencing · loops · events · variables · conditionals · debugging · creative problem-solving