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Use a Makey Makey with common items in uncommon ways to reinvent how we interact with the physical and digital worlds. In this build, use everyday paperclips to build your own functional joystick!
Poke this through a 3"X3" square of cardboard.
Ever wanted to add a second player? Plug in this backpack to instantly double your game controls and double the fun! Enable Player 2 with this gamer-rific backpack and create custom game controllers along with friends.
pressure, making sure all pins enter the corresponding holes. Step Two Poke
Create your own physical board game that connects to Scratch with the Makey Makey. The playing piece reacts with the board game to cause Scratch to augment your „not bored“ game with action on the screen.
Use an awl on your pocketknife or multi-tool to poke two holes parallel to one another
In this guide, you will make a few different types of joystick game controllers and then be challenged to design your own invention! To start inventing your own controller, let’s create both a divergent (or different than normal) d-pad controller with Play-doh and then craft a scrappy joystick with paperclips!
Poke this through a 3"X3" square of cardboard.
TIMING{;}Up to 1 hour — GRADES{;} 6 – 12+ — SUPPLIES{;} Makey Makey Classic- Makey Makey “Simple Box, â€Â� or a similar box with an outer sleeve that slides on and off Thin cardboard (this model used a piece of cardboard from a dry cleaner) Contact cement or other strong glue Permanent marker Awl (the tool on a pocket
glue Permanent marker Awl (the tool on a pocketknife or multi-tool designed to poke
Build a joystick that uses the Makey Makey to control the mouse or to use with key controls in Scratch. Learn about the conductivity of different materials and how to build a switch. Build an alternate input device for a computer. Control the cursor or objects on the screen with your invention.
Scissors Glue stick Awl (the tool on a pocketknife or multi-tool designed to poke
Cleaning and Loaning Out Kits We’ve been getting a lot of questions about cleaning Makey Makey lately, so we wanted to share this post on keeping your kits clean! This post is for those of you who want to clean your Makey Makey kits between users, or if you are loaning out kits. Here are some suggestions for keeping it
music, you could also just alligator clip onto a regular ole office paper clip and poke
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Tie a knot at the end of the thread. Use the needle to poke from the back of
It’s time for fun fact Friday! Everybody knows that we love alligator clipping to everyday objects here at Makey Makey. But what do you do when you open your Makey Makey box to discover somebody didn’t clean that banana goo off the alligator clips? (EW!)Â Here’s some fun hacks to keep your alligator clips clean and shi
music, you could also just alligator clip onto a regular ole office paper clip and poke
This is a guide for teachers to set up circuit stations. Each station takes between 8-10 minutes to complete! The goal is for this whole activity to take about 45 minutes. Feel free pick and choose stations. This is a great way to start a unit on circuits, but it is an even better way to end a unit on circuits. Tinkering and playing with circuits allows students to synthesize their learning!
A thumbtack can be used to poke holes in the foam core, and then you can place your
