(bright music)
Hey, and welcome to Google CS First.
I'm Taylor.
In this activity you'll create an adventure story
with two characters that takes place on the high seas.
I'll introduce the programming language Scratch,
and guide you through programming the setting.
Then you'll create your own animated story.
This is an activity
for the Google Computer Science Club CS First.
Computer science uses computers
to make amazing projects, also called programs,
that allow people to play, entertain themselves and others,
solve problems, do work, and save time.
Computer science, or CS,
is a subject you can study in school,
and it's also a career.
CS teaches skills and ways of thinking
that we'll use in many different ways throughout your life.
Take a look at some of the ways
you and other computer scientists can use computer science.
In school you can use computer science
to create interactive presentations and games.
Instead of writing a paper for a project,
you could create a computer program.
In the fashion industry people like Maddy Maxey
use technology and coding
to create innovative pieces of clothing.
In sports, companies use computer science
to make better products
and to improve athletes' performance.
Journalists use computer science
to create breathtaking visualizations of data.
Modern day music production would be almost impossible
without the help of computer science and programming.
You can even use computer science
to entertain yourself and your friends
by creating a game or a silly animation.
In today's activity you'll tell your own story
while learning how to sequence code.
You'll also learn to use
the computer science concepts loops and events.
To do this you'll watch a series of videos,
then follow the instructions to make your own story.
The next video will show you how to open the Scratch website
and sign in.
Then the following videos
will explain how to build a story's setting and dialogue.
Once you finish the core videos for this project,
you'll arrive at a page with optional add-on videos.
The add-ons will show you a bunch of cool and unique ways
to customize your project with code.
To get started, click the green arrow below this video
to move onto the next video,
where you'll learn how to open Scratch
and create an account.
