Scratch Camp 2023:
Space, Stars, & Beyond
Scratch Camp takes place each year around the start of August, and runs for three weeks. Thereis an overall umbrella theme for each Scratch Camp, and each week brings opportunities tocreate projects around a particular topic related to that theme. It is free, and anyone can join byimagining, creating, and sharing along with us in the Scratch online community by participating in
our featured studios. Camp is hosted by the Scratch Team, but it runs in collaboration withScratchers serving as “Camp Counselors” each week.
The theme for camp this year is “Space, Stars, & Beyond,” and camp officially starts
July 24th. The studio themes will be revealed for all users in a teaser project released on July
17th, but full descriptions and prompts are available early for educators for your own planning.
In this guide, you’ll find:● Ways to Celebrate with ScratchJr● Ways to Celebrate with the Scratch Online Community● Our 2023 Scratch Camp Weekly Themes● Special Information for Educators

Celebrating with ScratchJrUsers can create projects inspired by the Scratch Camp themes (see below). You can see our list of
prompts in the studio description for inspiration, or find your own way to engage with the theme. WhileScratchJr does not have public studios like Scratch (where coders can gather and share their ScratchCamp-themed projects), consider setting up a viewing gallery!
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Have each participant's project open on their device. Participants can walk around a room, or
take turns sharing their screen in a virtual space, to experience each other’s projects and offer
verbal or written feedback.

●Take time to reflect after the gallery walk. What did you see? What did you wonder?
Participants can share answers to these questions aloud, they could leave sticky notes withanswers to these questions at each workspace, or they can leave comments with theseanswers in a chat window in a virtual space. Encourage and model constructive feedback.

You can also post projects onto ScratchJr Connect (https://connect.scratchjr.org), which is a curated
database for educators to share ScratchJr activities, lessons, and project ideas.

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Celebrating with the Scratch Online Community
A new theme will be shared every week on the Scratch homepage at scratch.mit.edu. When theevent is running, you can visit the “Featured Studios” section to find the weekly theme studio.

How Can I Participate?
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You are invited to create and share projects that fit the studio theme. Simply comment in thestudio with your project link so our curators/Camp Counselors can review.

●See what others around the world have created and shared to the studio, as well as offer
encouragement and constructive feedback.

●Do you speak and write in more than one language? We welcome Scratcher volunteers, who can,to translate the studio description into their own language to help others. Look in the mainstudio description for a link to our translation studio for the event, if you are interested.

●Learn more about participating in our Scratch Event Studios Guide (https://resources.
scratch.mit.edu/www/events/en/ScratchLearningResource_ScratchEventStudios.pdf) including how to
get started and how to share your projects/get your projects into the event studio.

2023 Scratch Camp Weekly Themes
Follow the links below for early access to our studio descriptions and prompt examples.
WEEK 1WEEK 2WEEK 3

Star Gazers

Mission to Mars

Intergalactic Innovators

Educators●Check out our Teacher Account Guide (http://bit.ly/Your-Teacher-Account) for more information on
setting up teacher accounts and managing classes.

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See our Show-and-Tell Sharing Sheet here for possible use with your students:
https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/events/en/Scratch_Show-and-TellSharingSheet.pdf●See our guide here on “How to Run Your Own Event Studio” for facilitation tips and more:https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/events/en/ScratchLearningResource_RunYourEventStudio.pdf●See our guide here on “How to Replicate an Event Studio in an Offline Scratch Environment”:
https://resources.scratch.mit.edu/www/events/en/ScratchLearningResource_ReplicateEventStudio
Offline.pdf

Tip: If you’d like to translate this guide, click here to make a copy of this Google doc.

Created by the Scratch Team (scratch.mit.edu) and shared under the Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International Public License (CCbySA 4.0).