Scratch Project: The Four Seasons

For the scratch project, I did my project on the four seasons in the year. My simulation is very colorful and visually appealing as well as acccurately demonstrating the four seasons we experience in a year. The children are prompted by a script to click on the tree to move through the seasons. My approach to focus on the physical changes of a tree through the four seasons seemed to be the best approach because it is very visual. And, I considered that some children live in areas where they are not exposed to all of the seasons and may not understand the effects of the changing of the seasons. This simulation is engaging, and appropriate for the student's grade level, which is second grade. The standard that I addressed states: Compare and describe changing patterns in nature that repeat themselves, such as weather conditions including temperature and precipitation, day to day and season to season.
In the beginning I was very unsure about how to tackle this project because of how I was told its difficulty level. However, even though I did find it difficult, it was definetely manageable and something I was able to play with and, for the majority of the assignment, figure it out on my own. I put in a lot of time and effort into this project. I spent several days and hours trying to perfect this simulation and make it look as accurate as possible. The only problem I had was trying to add music that would continue throughout the entire simulation. This one my major struggles and it was something I could not figure out on my own. There is still music in my simulation; however, it ends earlier than I would have perfered. Overall, I put a lot of time and thought into this project and I am happy with the final results.