Learn how to make a game controller out of everyday stuff with Makey Makey!
Here is a link to our Facebook educator group, so you can see some other iterations
Learn how to make a game controller out of everyday stuff with Makey Makey!
Here is a link to our Facebook educator group, so you can see some other iterations
Guest post by Michael Carroll Scrappy Circuits Why is there an EARTH connection on Makey Makey? When learning about Makey Makey for the first time, some of us struggle with the concept of EARTH. Why does Makey Makey have to have an EARTH connection? We know that we complete a circuit why does Makey Makey work this way?
Check out this oversized invention where Aaron Graves had students link together
Craft a city out of cardboard, or draw a city to make an interactive poster. The idea behind this project is to craft or create buildings for an imagined city and then tell the story of the people who live in your crafted buildings buy coding stories in Scratch. Connect Makey Makey for some physical computing fun!
(Lesson and link coming) No Coding Option (Plug and Play w Sampler) Note: For
Let’s learn to code key presses in Scratch. Makey Makey is fun with lots of apps, but once you learn to code your own key presses, the possibilities for inventing are endless!
sign.) 45 min Grades: 3- 8 Supplies Makey Makey Scratch Teachers: Link
We love the innovative ways that educators (in both formal and informal learning spaces) introduce learners to the concept of physical computing with Makey Makey and coding languages like: Scratch, Processing, and Python. Each month, we will feature an educator and a unique project they’ve worked on recently. To read m
Here is a link to the slideshow that accompanies the Youtube video!
In this class, you’ll start playing with movement and how movement can close a switch. Build a tilt sensor out of foil and a toilet paper tube and use it to control the Scratch cat!
Head to the next class (Link coming soon) 45 min Grades: 4th- 10th Supplies
Draw your own playable instrument, connect Makey Makey to your drawings, and jam out with this free guide. Learn how to connect Makey Makey to multiple apps for maximum fun!
Collaborative Sound Art Teachers will probably need to make a Google Form for kids to add a link
This guide will walk you through the basics of mixing and using your own conductive paint, as well as touch on the background and science of what makes this paint so magical. This activity will take some time and materials that Makey Makey doesn’t provide to mix your paint, so please read ahead to make sure you have all of the materials and enough time to use them.
Open the app by navigating to the following link: Is It Conductive?
We love the innovative ways that educators (in both formal and informal learning spaces) introduce learners to the concept of physical computing with Makey Makey and coding languages like: Scratch, Processing, and Python. Each month, we will feature an educator and a unique project they’ve worked on recently. To read m
Here is a link to the slideshow that accompanies the Youtube video!
