Scratch Modification

The scratch idea that I am modifying has the potential to meet the following content standards.

SC.O.2.1.4
demonstrate curiosity, initiative and creativity by observing, classifying, comparing and analyzing natural objects in the environment

SC.O.2.2.2
identify the structures of living things including their systems, and explain their functions (e.g., wings for flying, fins for swimming, or roots for support and obtaining water).

SC.O.2.3.1
identify parts of systems and identify how they interact with one another.

Students are asked to observe a real aquarium, taking note of the way each creature interacts with the environment and other creatures. They then are asked to use scratch to recreate a sea creature or fish from the aquarium and demonstrate its movement. Here is an example of this project created by a second grader.

I modified this scratch project by slowing down the motion of the seaweed and a couple of the fish, and by adding to and changing the direction of the bubbles and the turtle. I also changed the ocotpus so that he didn't swim upside down. Here is the scratch project after I made these changes.