It’s been roughly 10,000 years since human beings first began domesticating plants and animals. Since then, we have been fascinated with the wild animals that swim, fly and burrow around us. We have domesticated hundreds of breeds of dog from their original gray wolf ancestors and we’ve even moved on to develop digital pets, starting in the 90s with popular toys and TV shows.

Because so many of us love animals, this month we’d like you to use Scratch to animate one of your favorite wild creatures.

Your challenge this month is to design a virtual pet in Scratch!

Get Started!

Find the Wild Digital Pet Microproject on Mouse Create and follow the steps. Then upload your font as a txt file and submit this project to your group.

Not a member of Mouse Create yet?

Ask your teacher to sign up for a free Spark Membership. After they have set up your group, you can create a new account and enter your group code to get started. Navigate to the Project Finder and one of the first projects will be the Wild Digital Pet Microproject. Click the project and follow the steps to complete the competition.