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Scratch 'n Hack: Code Your Cool Creation

Chill, Chat, and Code

Coding & AISocial Clubs
Organized by Mary-Ellen

Hosted by 1 expert guide

Course Overview:

Scratch 'n Hack is a fun and relaxed space for Scratch coders to bring their projects to life! Whether you’ve got a project in progress or a cool idea just waiting to get started, this club is the perfect place to dive in. Every week, we’ll hang out, share what we’re working on, and cheer each other on as we create awesome stuff together. You’ll get tips and tricks from a friendly teacher and plenty of time to chat and make new friends who love coding just as much as you do.

What to Expect:

  • Kick Off with Goals: We’ll start each session by sharing what we’re working on and what we hope to get done. It’s a great way to set the tone for a productive and creative hour!
  • Create & Collaborate: You’ll have plenty of time to dive into your Scratch projects. Need help? No worries—the teacher’s there to lend a hand, and your new friends can pitch in with ideas, too!
  • Show & Tell: Share your progress with the group, get feedback, and celebrate all the awesome work you’re doing. It’s all about encouraging each other to keep going and keep growing!
  • Chill & Chat: We’ll wrap up each session with some relaxed social time. This is your chance to chat, laugh, and get to know each other better—coding is more fun with friends!

What You Need:

  • A Scratch account.
  • Basic knowledge of Scratch and at least one project under your belt.
  • A project or idea you’re excited to work on.

What You’ll Get:

  • A supportive space to work on your projects.
  • Helpful tips from your teacher and peers.
  • A finished project you’re proud of.
  • New friends who love coding as much as you do!

Come join the Scratch 'n Hack Coding Club and let’s make some coding magic happen—together!

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Age ranges are just suggestions! You can register for any cohort.

Meet the guides

Expert guides leading this course

I'm Mary-Ellen. I love telling stories, creating with technology, and learning about amazing stuff from kids like you!

Course updates

Updates from guides of this course

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Feb 16 @ 10:02 PM

We had a small group today, but it was fun! ***** Showed us some of his awesome animated intros he is working on as well as what inspired them. And ***** worked hard on a clicker game! Keep creating!

Feb 9 @ 10:16 PM

This week was eventful as always, we welcomed a new member, chatted about fun from the social hour and spent a good amount of time sharing about our favorite scratch games and getting started on projects. Shout out this week goes to ***** who is working on a Geometry Dash Clone...

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Feb 2 @ 10:03 PM

We had a great day back in Scratch Club after a week off. I really enjoyed catching up with everyone. **** shared his amazing project with interactive UI and a cool mountain range. ** shared his cool bell and hypnotic spiral projects. And everyone had a great coworking sessio...

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Jan 19 @ 10:42 PM

This week at Scratch 'n Hack was busy! We welcomed a new member, worked on art, and created games. Today's member highlight goes to ****! Who is working on a clicker game featuring this awesome character! Next week the club will take a little break but we will be back on ****...

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Jan 12 @ 10:10 PM

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Jan 5 @ 10:07 PM

Today's club was a mix of sharing and troubleshooting. We recovered an account, shared some new projects, and learned what to expect in the newist iteration of the "Rick Roll". We also saw some great projects and some new collaborations were started.

Jan 5 @ 8:55 PM

On Wednesday ************************************************ will open!  https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/topic/856398/  This is a great opportunity for anyone under ** who loves to code with Scratch to get involved and gain some high quality leadership skills!

Dec 29 @ 10:03 PM

What an exciting day we had today in Scratch 'n Hack! I worked with *** on some trouble shooting, animation, and player movement code, ** tackled some awesome Scratch project cards, ****** worked hard on a top-secret project, and *** *** stretched his leadership skills by helpin...

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Dec 22 @ 10:17 PM

We had a very active class tonight! **** G. showed his awesome platformer and took on a leadership role by demonstrating how to make a clicker game. We also talked about player movement and several aspects of art like removing outlines and placing multiple costumes on a sprite....

Dec 15 @ 10:42 PM

Today we welcomed several new memebers to the Scratch 'n Hack club and explored some Scratch Basics while our more senior members took turns sharing their work and creating in the co-working space. Today's spotlight is ****, who created his first project to feature a spinning ri...

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Dec 8 @ 10:08 PM

What a full session we had today in the Scratch 'n Hack Club!
We saw several awesome projects today, including a Flappy Bird Clone from ****, a music project by **** and and an amazing Achievement Cat Clicker by ******. The team worked together to support **** in leveling up ...

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Dec 1 @ 10:03 PM

We had a wonderful Scratch Club Meeting! Lots of cool projects in the works including a Sonic Racing game by ***** and a totally 6-7 project by ****. ***** also made great progress on his Knight game.
You can see *****'s game in the photo.

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Nov 24 @ 10:14 PM

We had a small group today, but focused on an epic side scroller **** is working on, lots of time was spent debugging and discussing variables and for loops. **** also gave some great tips on how I can improve my tower defense game.

Nov 17 @ 10:18 PM

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Nov 17 @ 10:18 PM

Exciting day in the Scratch Club today! Today’s highlights include: **** using his massive Scratch knowledge to support ***** in creating a cool face recognition project and **** making his first project themed around baseball. Thanks for the hard work and dedication in today’s ...

Nov 10 @ 10:05 PM

What an exciting session of Scratch 'n Hack we had! Today we welcomed three new members to the group and spent most of our session sharing projects! We saw *****'s Pokémon clone, *****'s Scratch Cat Side Scroller, and the start of *****'s Dreamcore game. We also discussed s...

Nov 3 @ 10:13 PM

Today we had a great time in Scratch club! ******** worked on adding some improvements to his ******** game and I finished the five little pumpkins challenge. We talked about user experience and the effects visuals have on games. And ******** also took some time to annotate hi...

Oct 20 @ 9:14 PM

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Sep 8 @ 9:07 PM

Great class today! We spent time remixing our remix tree project and discussing the uses of variables vs message broadcasting.

Sep 1 @ 9:05 PM

Today we created a shared studio to allow us to collaborate on projects and make remixes of a project ******** started. I am looking forward to seeing where these projects go!

Aug 11 @ 8:52 PM

Had a wonderful time with everyone at Scratch 'n Hack today! Our member highlight goes to ****** for her first Scratch Game! "*** **** A ****" An exciting catch game full of surprises! Check it out: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1202288930

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Jul 28 @ 9:05 PM

We had a wonderful day in Scratch 'n Hack today! We welcomed ******, who began making a catch game and ****** worked on a sand mob game. Great work everyone!

Jun 9 @ 8:59 PM

Great session of Scratch 'n Hack today! This week we want to highlight *******, who worked diligently on his ********** clone and it was fun to see items rolled up at the end of class! Can't wait to see what's next!

May 12 @ 8:54 PM

Today in Scratch club we worked on our individual projects. Shoutout to ****** for sharing about his exploration of binary numbers and his further work on Elemental Endings in Scratch. Also, Shoutout to **** who worked hard on her story *** It's Summer and You're Sleepy...

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May 5 @ 8:54 PM

We had such a fun time in the Scratch Club today! Huge shoutout to ***** for his tour of his "ancient" game consoles. Looking forward to seeing his Scratch Museum of Game Consoles come together!

Apr 29 @ 9:11 PM

We had such a great time in the Scratch Club yesterday! We welcomed **** to the club and she shared her amazing story projected using the new speech to text feature in Scratch!

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Apr 21 @ 9:01 PM

Had a great time in the Scratch Club today! Today I would like to highlight ******! He shared his game "Get Dogs" an element mixing dog inspired Scratch game. ****** also showed several other projects and I was super proud to see comments on his code! Check out "Get Dogs" here...

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Dec 16 @ 10:04 PM

Scratch 'n Hack Coding Club

Today in Scratch 'n Hack we had a great time experimenting with broadcast messages and variables. Huge shout out to ****** who created a fun Witch game with color changing potions!

Great job everyone!

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Nov 12 @ 9:42 AM

Scratch Club Recap!

Had a great time today in Scratch Club! Today we worked on a character scene where you can click on different characters and they tell a little about themselves. Specifically we looked at "if else" statements to allow our game to have different actions if the character was clic...

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