Tynker 201

Mrs. Hulstrom

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Alien Invaders (9)

New Code Blocks

Objectives

• Use various instrument sounds
• Apply coding concepts to generate music
• Create a music machine

Materials

• Computers, laptops, or mobile devices (1 per student) with student account access to Tynker.com
• Headphones (1 per student)

Warm-Up (15 minutes)

• Get students familiar with instruments mentioned in this lesson by playing a guessing game! Do a quick image search on the internet for the following instruments: cowbell, electric snare drum, piano, piano keyboard.
• Using your projector, show your students an image of the instrument and ask them to guess its name. Who can guess the most instruments correctly?

Activities (45 minutes)

• This module is an example of a musical project, where each button plays a different musical note.
• Tell students to click (for web) or tap (for mobile) the buttons in sequence to play a song.

• This DIY (do-it-yourself) project guides students through the process of programming each button to play music notes using the “play note” code block. Tell students to set each button to a different note by changing the number in the “play note” block.
• Optional: Ask students, “If you change the number for the note from 60 to 100, what happens to the sound?” (The sound gets higher)
• Did students finish early? Encourage them to add multiple “play note” blocks to each button. If they modify the pitch of each note, they can make a simple song!

• In this module, students will view an example of an interactive beatbot drum machine!
• To play the instruments, students need to click (web) or tap (mobile) on the buttons.

• In this DIY project, students will program buttons to play drum sounds so the BeatBot can beatbox!
• This module introduces the “play drum” block, which only plays percussion sounds. Encourage student to try out all sorts of drum sounds. See who can drum the best beat!
• Do students want to play quicker rhythms? Encourage them to change the duration of notes to around “0.1”
• Did students finish early? Encourage them to program the Beatbot to dance along with the beat!

• To solve this puzzle module, students will need to adjust the tempo so the notes match the animation.
• Encourage students to watch the keys carefully, then determine if they need to set their tempo to a higher or lower value. A tempo of 120 beats per minute will win the game!

• In this module, students will view an example of an interactive piano.
• Tell students to press the piano keys to play a sound.

• Now it’s time for your students to create their own piano using Tynker! In this DIY project, students will need to program each key. Note: All the Actors (piano keys) have already been created for the student.
• Emphasize to students that “Step 2/4” includes a helpful diagram of the piano keys and names of the notes.
• Optional: Encourage students to play the intro to a popular song or play a simple tune (e.g., “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”)
• Did students finish early? Encourage them to experiment with the code to create an automatic piano!

• This project is similar to the previous one, but instead of a standard piano, your students will view a bizarre alien piano!
• Tell students to press the keys to play a sound.

• In this DIY project, students will create a piano that’s out of this world!
• Are students struggling to adjust the key to a sound they want? Direct their attention to “Step 2/5" of the tutorial, which includes a list of different note values for each key.
• Did students finish early? Encourage them to make the piano keys sounds even more strange by adding a second note to the keys’ code, with the same pitch but a different instrument. Who can make the most bizarre alien piano?

U.S. Standards

• K-12 CTSA Computer Science Standards (Revised 2017)
  Computer Science Teachers Association: 
  • 1B-AP-10
  • 1B-AP-11
  • 1B-AP-12
  • 1B-AP-15
  • 2-AP-12
  • 2-AP-13
  • 2-AP-15
  • 2-AP-16
  • 2-AP-17
  CCSS-Math: MP.1
  
• CCSS-ELA: RF.5.4.A, 6-8.RST.3, 6-8.RST.4, 6-8.RST.7
  
• CS CA: 3-5.AP.10, 3-5.AP.12, 3-5.AP.13, 3-5.AP.14, 3-5.AP.17, 6-8.AP.12, 6-8.AP.13, 6-8.AP.16, 6-8.AP.17
• ISTE: 1.c, 1.d, 4.d, 5.c, 5.d, 6.b