Concept Taxonomy

Taxonomy categories for organizing Scratch Programming for Kids learning graph concepts.

TaxonomyID	Category Name	Description
FOUND	Foundation Concepts	Core Scratch interface and visual programming fundamentals (21 concepts)
SCRATCH_ACC	Scratch Account & Community	Account creation, community participation, and project sharing (14 concepts)
MOTION	Motion & Coordinates	Sprite movement, positioning, and stage coordinate system (14 concepts)
LOOKS	Looks & Animation	Visual appearance, costumes, speech bubbles, and animation (10 concepts)
SOUND	Sound & Music	Audio playback, tempo, sound effects, and synchronization (7 concepts)
PEN	Pen & Drawing	Pen extension for drawing trails, geometric patterns, and visual art (12 concepts)
CONTROL	Control Structures	Loops, conditionals, and program flow control (22 concepts)
EVENTS	Events & Broadcasting	Event-driven programming, sprite communication, and broadcasting (19 concepts)
SENSING	Sensing & Input	Sensors for interaction, collision detection, and input handling (10 concepts)
OPERATORS	Operators & Logic	Mathematical, comparison, and Boolean operators (14 concepts)
DATA	Variables & Lists	Data storage with variables and lists, scope, and game state management (23 concepts)
CLONING	Cloning	Creating and managing multiple dynamic sprite instances (6 concepts)
EXTENSIONS	Extensions & Hardware	Scratch extensions for multimedia, translation, and physical computing (11 concepts)
CUSTOM_BLOCKS	Custom Blocks & Abstraction	Defining reusable procedures with parameters (6 concepts)
DESIGN	Design Process	Software design methodology, planning, and iterative development (23 concepts)
DEBUGGING	Debugging & Testing	Error detection, debugging strategies, and quality assurance (7 concepts)
BLOCK_TYPES	Block Types & Shapes	Understanding Scratch block categories, shapes, and color coding (14 concepts)

Concept Assignments

ConceptID	Concept Label	TaxonomyID
1	Visual Programming	FOUND
2	Sprite	FOUND
3	Stage	FOUND
4	Blocks Palette	FOUND
5	Code Tab	FOUND
6	Costumes Tab	FOUND
7	Sounds Tab	FOUND
8	Toolbar	FOUND
9	Zoom Controls	FOUND
10	Scratch Account	SCRATCH_ACC
11	Community Guidelines	SCRATCH_ACC
12	Studio	SCRATCH_ACC
13	Commenting	SCRATCH_ACC
14	Remixing	SCRATCH_ACC
15	Green Flag	EVENTS
16	Stop Sign	EVENTS
17	Saving Projects	FOUND
18	Sharing Projects	SCRATCH_ACC
19	Project Page	SCRATCH_ACC
20	File Menu	FOUND
21	Sequence	CONTROL
22	Step By Step Thinking	CONTROL
23	Motion Blocks	MOTION
24	Move Steps	MOTION
25	Turn Degrees	MOTION
26	Go To Position	MOTION
27	Glide To Position	MOTION
28	X Coordinate	MOTION
29	Y Coordinate	MOTION
30	Coordinate System	MOTION
31	Green Flag Event	EVENTS
32	Multiple Sprites	EVENTS
33	Looks Blocks	LOOKS
34	Say Block	LOOKS
35	Think Block	LOOKS
36	Switch Costume	LOOKS
37	Next Costume	LOOKS
38	Change Size	LOOKS
39	Costume Animation	LOOKS
40	Costume Center	LOOKS
41	Debugging Basics	DEBUGGING
42	Script Reading Order	DEBUGGING
43	Block Highlighting	DEBUGGING
44	Error Detection	DEBUGGING
45	Forever Loop	CONTROL
46	Continuous Motion	CONTROL
47	Scrolling Background	CONTROL
48	Repeat Loop	CONTROL
49	Counted Repetition	CONTROL
50	Repeat Until Loop	CONTROL
51	Condition Controlled Loop	CONTROL
52	Boolean Introduction	CONTROL
53	Parallelism	CONTROL
54	Concurrent Scripts	CONTROL
55	Sound Blocks	SOUND
56	Play Sound	SOUND
57	Start Sound	SOUND
58	Change Tempo	SOUND
59	Beat Synchronization	SOUND
60	Lip Sync Animation	SOUND
61	Pen Extension	PEN
62	Drawing Trails	PEN
63	Rainbow Lines	PEN
64	Geometric Patterns	PEN
65	Pen Down	PEN
66	Pen Up	PEN
67	Pen Color	PEN
68	Pen Size	PEN
69	Clear Graphics	PEN
70	Stamp	PEN
71	Erase All	PEN
72	Loop Nesting	CONTROL
73	Infinite Loop Detection	DEBUGGING
74	Loop Termination	CONTROL
75	Event Blocks	EVENTS
76	Sprite Clicked Event	EVENTS
77	Key Pressed Event	EVENTS
78	Backdrop Switch Event	EVENTS
79	Broadcast Message	EVENTS
80	When I Receive	EVENTS
81	Sprite Communication	EVENTS
82	Broadcast And Wait	EVENTS
83	Scene Coordination	EVENTS
84	Dialogue Timing	EVENTS
85	Switch Backdrop	LOOKS
86	Next Backdrop	LOOKS
87	Storytelling Flow	EVENTS
88	Remix Exploration	SCRATCH_ACC
89	Credit Attribution	SCRATCH_ACC
90	Pair Programming	SCRATCH_ACC
91	Storyboarding	DESIGN
92	Scene Planning	DESIGN
93	Algorithmic Thinking	DESIGN
94	Event Driven Programming	CONTROL
95	Message Passing	EVENTS
96	Synchronous Broadcast	EVENTS
97	Asynchronous Broadcast	EVENTS
98	Broadcast Storm	EVENTS
99	Event Queue	CONTROL
100	If Block	CONTROL
101	If Else Block	CONTROL
102	Decision Making	CONTROL
103	Conditional Branching	CONTROL
104	Touching Sensor	SENSING
105	Touching Color Sensor	SENSING
106	Key Pressed Sensor	SENSING
107	Distance To Sensor	SENSING
108	Comparison Operators	OPERATORS
109	Less Than Operator	OPERATORS
110	Greater Than Operator	OPERATORS
111	Equal Operator	OPERATORS
112	Boolean Logic	OPERATORS
113	And Operator	OPERATORS
114	Or Operator	OPERATORS
115	Not Operator	OPERATORS
116	Boolean Combination	OPERATORS
117	Variable Creation	DATA
118	Set Variable	DATA
119	Change Variable	DATA
120	Show Variable	DATA
121	Hide Variable	DATA
122	Score Variable	DATA
123	Lives Variable	DATA
124	Timer Variable	DATA
125	Variable Scope	DATA
126	For All Sprites	DATA
127	For This Sprite Only	DATA
128	Random Number	OPERATORS
129	Pick Random	OPERATORS
130	Dice Roll	OPERATORS
131	Unpredictable Gameplay	OPERATORS
132	Player Control	SENSING
133	Enemy Movement	SENSING
134	Collision Detection	SENSING
135	Win Condition	DATA
136	Lose Condition	DATA
137	Cloning	CLONING
138	Create Clone	CLONING
139	When I Start As Clone	CLONING
140	Delete This Clone	CLONING
141	Clone Behavior	CLONING
142	Clone Performance	CLONING
143	List Creation	DATA
144	Add To List	DATA
145	Delete From List	DATA
146	List Item Access	DATA
147	List Length	DATA
148	List Contains	DATA
149	Inventory System	DATA
150	High Score List	DATA
151	Video Sensing	EXTENSIONS
152	Motion Detection	SENSING
153	Camera Games	SENSING
154	Text To Speech	EXTENSIONS
155	Talking Sprites	EXTENSIONS
156	Accessibility Features	EXTENSIONS
157	Translate Extension	EXTENSIONS
158	Multilingual Projects	EXTENSIONS
159	Micro Bit Extension	EXTENSIONS
160	Makey Makey Extension	EXTENSIONS
161	Physical Computing	EXTENSIONS
162	Custom Block Definition	CUSTOM_BLOCKS
163	Block Parameters	CUSTOM_BLOCKS
164	Run Without Screen Refresh	CUSTOM_BLOCKS
165	Abstraction	CUSTOM_BLOCKS
166	Reusability	CUSTOM_BLOCKS
167	Design Process	DESIGN
168	Imagine Phase	DESIGN
169	Plan Phase	DESIGN
170	Create Phase	DESIGN
171	Test Phase	DESIGN
172	Improve Phase	DESIGN
173	Share Phase	DESIGN
174	Pseudocode	DESIGN
175	Flowchart	DESIGN
176	Storyboard	DESIGN
177	Asset List	DESIGN
178	Iterative Development	DESIGN
179	Versioning	DESIGN
180	Testing Strategies	DEBUGGING
181	Debugging Strategies	DEBUGGING
182	Polishing	DESIGN
183	Instructions Screen	DESIGN
184	Credits	DESIGN
185	Sound Effects	SOUND
186	Visual Juice	PEN
187	Project Tags	SCRATCH_ACC
188	Project Description	SCRATCH_ACC
189	Remix Tree	SCRATCH_ACC
190	Community Feedback	SCRATCH_ACC
191	Design Journal	DESIGN
192	Reflection	DESIGN
193	Stage Size	MOTION
194	Stage Center	MOTION
195	Positive X	MOTION
196	Negative X	MOTION
197	Positive Y	MOTION
198	Negative Y	MOTION
199	Motion Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
200	Looks Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
201	Sound Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
202	Events Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
203	Control Block Category	CONTROL
204	Sensing Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
205	Operators Block Category	OPERATORS
206	Variables Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
207	List Block Category	BLOCK_TYPES
208	My Blocks Category	BLOCK_TYPES
209	Block Color Coding	BLOCK_TYPES
210	Hat Block Shape	BLOCK_TYPES
211	Stack Block Shape	BLOCK_TYPES
212	Reporter Block Shape	BLOCK_TYPES
213	Boolean Block Shape	BLOCK_TYPES
214	Cap Block Shape	BLOCK_TYPES
215	Drag And Drop	FOUND
216	Snap Together	FOUND
217	Script Area	FOUND
218	Delete Block	FOUND
219	Duplicate Block	FOUND
220	Comment Block	FOUND
221	Clean Up Blocks	FOUND
222	Add Extension	EXTENSIONS
223	Extension Management	EXTENSIONS
224	Backpack	FOUND
225	Copy To Backpack	FOUND
226	Paste From Backpack	FOUND