Day & Night Sounds
Change backdrops and play sounds: a forest from day to night.
Day & Night Sounds 🌞🌙
Let's make a forest that turns from day to night. 🌳
Backdrops
The backdrop is the picture behind everything on the stage. You can switch it with a Looks block:
when flag clicked switch backdrop to [Forest v] wait (3) seconds switch backdrop to [Night City v]
(Use any two backdrops you like, maybe paint a dark one yourself!)
Sounds
Sound blocks are pink:
when flag clicked wait (3) seconds play sound (Owl v) until done say [Hoo hoo! I wake up at night.] for (2) seconds
- play sound until done waits for the sound to finish.
- start sound plays it and moves on straight away.
💡🧠 To add a sound, click the Sounds tab, then the 🔊 button at the bottom.
🛠️ Build it!
- Pick a forest backdrop and a dark one.
- Add the Owl sprite. On the Sounds tab, add an owl sound.
- Build the backdrop script on the Stage (click the stage on the right), and the owl script on the owl.
- Click the 🟢 flag. Day... then night... HOO!
⭐ Bonus: use hide and show blocks so the owl only appears at night.
🦉 Fun fact
Owls are nocturnal: they sleep in the day and hunt at night. Their big eyes help them see in the dark!
Build it in Scratch!
Open Scratch in a new tab, find the blocks shown above (they're the same colors!), snap them together and click the green flag. Then try the challenge ideas in the lesson.
Open Scratch ↗Scratch is free and made by MIT for kids. You can build without an account. To keep a project, ask a grown-up to help you sign in, or use File → Save to your computer.