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Introduce the playnote block in Scratch by having students experiment with different arguments for the block and creating melodies.

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  • Students can increment variables and play around with repeat blocks to build intuition about how playnote works.
  • Music tends to engage a wide variety of students, so it’s likely more students will be interested in this activity.

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  • Scratch
  • Interdisciplinary Connections to CS
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Stephen Lewis from the CSNYC Tip-A-Thon.
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