Learn how Makey Makey works so you can start inventing with our invention kit! Grab your kit, make a simple sketch of Makey Makey, use your hands to trigger Makey Makey for piano, build a human circuit, and play and explore with Makey Makey.
using your hands to press inputs and not getting a sound, first check to that you have
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!
If you use multiple sprites in your Scratch project, you’ll have to record your stories
The Hula Hoop Controller was created specifically for a student with cerebral palsy who needed to work on gross motor coordination and targeted reaching. In his case, reaching above shoulder level. Katie wanted more creative ideas to help him with this work. She was thinking about how much he loved race cars and wonder
If you prefer something else or do not have a Hula Hoop laying around, not a problem
A few educators on our Facebook group took tinkering to a whole new level this school year by making their own giant Makey Makeys. Our team thought this was a great idea for teaching students about microcontrollers. Hence, we asked our Director of Creative Content to create a free guide for making your own functional gigantic Makey Makey. Let’s get started!
Create Arrows, Space, and Click with Play-Doh If you work at a school or have your
Fast, frantic, and tons of fun—this game will have your family playing round after
Simple Circuit: To complete a simple circuit, you must create a loop for the electrons to flow. Since all inputs on Makey Makey complete a circuit, you just need to figure out how to wire up an LED and build a simple switch. If you build a successful current, your light will shine on any key press! In this lab, you will create your own simple circuit with Makey Makey, building simple switches, and once you’ve mastered that, you’ll move on to parallel circuits.
Remember that LEDs have a short leg to indicate the negative side and a long leg
Learn to create your own guitar sounds in Scratch or with our Makey Makey Sampler and turn cardboard into a musical instrument!
(You have a limit of five seconds) Press to test your sample, and click on the sound
Turn an office swivel chair into a musical instrument with Makey Makey! Follow these instructions to make your own musical chair. This is a very quick and easy instrument activity, suitable for a one-off class.
Each key should play a different note: C, D, E, F and G (if you have five keys).
Ever need more inputs for your inventions? Are you curious about how to use the inputs on the back of your Makey Makey? This guide will show you how to navigate the back of your Makey Makey and explain how to use the OUTPUT header.
Output The first video explains WHY you should not use the 5V out pin if you have
The ‘Musical Paint Brushes’ offer a variety of therapeutic benefits to include: improving fine motor coordination, improve grasp, improve visual motor coordination, improve cause/effect understanding and improve social play. Accessibility / Assistive Technology / Occupational Therapy / Gamify Learning
Next, if you are using paint brushes that have metal parts near the bristles you
