In this lesson, we’re going to explore how to make our Scratch projects come alive by sending a bus through different scenes.

Imagine a city bus driving through different parts of the city—now you can bring that to life in your project! By the end of the lesson, you’ll know how to make a sprite travel across the stage and change the scene when it gets there

Open Scratch and start a new project. Go to File, then New, and give it a name you will recognise later, such as "Bus Through the City".

If you are signed in to a Scratch account, choose File then Save now before you start, and save again each time you finish a step.

Scratch: How to create a new project

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Go to the Scratch website using the link below and click on the 'Create' link in the blue bar at the top.

By default, each new project starts with the cat sprite already added. To delete the cat click on the x in the blue circle beside the cat in the sprite list.

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Choose the first background from the backdrop library. Click the Choose a Backdrop button at the bottom right of the screen and pick Colorful City.

This will be where the bus begins its journey.

Scratch: How to add a backdrop from the library

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To add a backdrop from the backdrop library follow these steps:

1. Put your mouse over the Choose a Backdrop button
2. Click on the magnifying glass
3. Find the backdrop you want in the library
4. Click on your chosen backdrop

You can use search box or the filter links (Fantasy, Music, Sports etc) to locate your backdrop.

Click on the City Bus sprite to start coding. Begin with a "when green flag clicked" block from the Events section. Underneath, add the "go to x: y:" block from the Motion section to place the bus at the starting point. Set x to -240 (the left edge of the stage) and y to -100 (near the bottom, on the road).