Children's Association for Nature » scratch http://childrenfornature.com We CAN do anything. Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Winner of the CANscratch Contest http://childrenfornature.com/games/winner-of-canscratch-contest/ http://childrenfornature.com/games/winner-of-canscratch-contest/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:30:37 +0000 Mina http://childrenfornature.com/?p=314 Ozone Protector

Ozone molecules are made up of three oxygen atoms. Rebuild the ozone layer by sucking the oxygen atoms together to form ozone molecules! The ozone layer is really becoming better but will only stay like this if we keep up with low-pollution industries and don’t put too many pollutants into the atmosphere.

Of course, we can’t really rebuild the ozone layer one molecule at a time; the best way to help the ozone layer is
not to damage it in the first place!

]]> http://childrenfornature.com/games/winner-of-canscratch-contest/feed/ 0 Scratch http://childrenfornature.com/toolsresources/scratch/ http://childrenfornature.com/toolsresources/scratch/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 18:16:11 +0000 Mina http://childrenfornature.com/?p=181 Scratch is a programming language— sort of. It has a super user-friendly interface, is designed to be easy for kids as young as six years old and still be fun for adults. All you have to do is snap ‘blocks’ together. You can use it to make 2D games, movies, simulations, and all kinds of other stuff. Then, you can post it on the Scratch website and other users put comments and ‘love-its,’ which are a form of rating system. All of the games can be downloaded and built on by other users, and Scratch automatically gives the original creator credit. As if this isn’t awesome enough, you can embed your games in your website.

If you make an environmental game in Scratch, get the embed code and make a post on this website. Switch your editing mode to ‘HTML’ and paste in the embed code. Then put your post in the Games category, and it will show up on the Games page.

Scratch is FREE. You can download it from the website. There is lots of helpful stuff on the website to help you get started.

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