I'm a high school physics teacher, so I bought one of these for our chapter on electricity and electronics. My students never enjoyed anything as much as they enjoyed the makey makey. We made a graphite controller for pac man like they show in the video. Very fun and very educational.
The kids in class would always be trying to come up with different things we could do with it, and it turns out that the cheese sticks they get at lunch make a perfect material to connect it to! One of the kids in class who can play the piano played it using the cheese sticks and we made a video that we used to promote our science demonstration show. It was a huge hit.
We also went to the elementary school and did a few activities with it. Imagine hooking a a group of 2nd graders up to this and making them the keys for the piano. Just have one kid hold the ground and they can touch the other kids on the hand to play the piano. It blows their mind and they go crazy about it and want to learn how it works.
What you can do with this is only limited by your imagination.
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MAKEY MAKEY
If you can imagine it, you can make it!
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STEM FUN FOR ALL!
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1000s OF POSSIBILITIES!
Makey Makey extends beyond the screen and brings engineering and coding concepts to life in exciting new ways.
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JoyLabz classroom invention literacy kit will spark student creativity in unique and fun ways.
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Craft & CodeMake a controller with everyday materials like Play-doh or graphite pencil. Control your favorite Scratch game while you learn to code. |
Supermarket CircuitsIs a banana conductive? The world is full of conductive objects & materials. Make musical circuits with items that are already in your fridge! |
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Invented at MITDesigned by MIT PhD's to foster open-ended exploration and creative learning. |
Think BigA staircase or even a whole house can become a musical instrument. Build creative confidence! |
Free Lesson PlansTen lesson plans tied to the Common Core along with 1000s of other guides available on our website. |
What is Makey Makey
Turn the whole world into a keyboard! It's a simple Invention Kit for Beginners or Experts doing art, engineering, and everything in between.
How Does it Work?
Alligator Clip two objects to the Makey Makey. For example, you and a banana (or an ice cube, or a kitty cat). When you touch the banana, the computer just thinks a keyboard key is being pressed, so you can type a letter, jump in a video game, take a picture, or play some music.
Who is Makey Makey For?
Kids, Artists, Educators, Engineers, Inventors, Makers. Really it is for everyone.
What materials work with Makey Makey?
Ketchup, Pencil Graphite, Plants, Pets, Really any material that can conduct at least a tiny bit of electricity.
What can I create?
Make a banana piano, play Mario on a play dough game pad, take a selfie of your cat every time she drinks water. 1000s of Projects & Lesson Plans can be found at Makeymakey.com such as: Simple Circuits Challenge, Blackout Poetry, Distance Rate and Time Switches
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A must for both home and classroom.
OMG, where do I start. My 9 year old son and daughter LOVE this. We played piano with bananas, had a screaming carrot, played Pac-Man with play-doh, and my kids coded their own games using Scratch (through MIT) and played their own games with the Makey Makey. Additionally, one of the kids at the school where I teach reprogrammed one of the Makey Makey's using the Arduino environment and we made a full aluminum foil foot piano for kids to jump on. I highly recommend this to introduce kids to circuits and to also introduce them to coding.
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