MAKEY MAKEY ACTIVITIES
Activity 1: Play Guitar Hero with a cardboard guitar, quarters and a Makey Makey
games.co.za/adagio.html
Activity 2: Make Bongo Drums with your Makey Makey kit
makeymakey.com/bongos/
Test various materials with the bongos to determine which materials are conductors and which are insulators.
Activity 3: Use materials that you have determined to be conductors to create a game control pad to play PacMan
scratch.mit.edu/projects/14608394/
or
Use materials that you have determined to be conductors to build a piano
scratch.mit.edu/projects/2543877/
or
Use conductive material to make a drum machine
scratch.mit.edu/projects/2728243/
The following website has some lessons plans that you may find useful. The lessons are well laid out and require students to think critically and collaboration maybe essential as they work through the activities. makeymakey.com/lessons/
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100 Centimeter OzoDash
The 100 Centimeter Ozo-Dash Race allows students to think creatively to find the best solution to the following challenges. Their race tracks must include the following components in order to not be disqualified from competing:
INSTRUCTIONS:
Beginner
- Race track needs to measure 100 centimeters exactly.
- The track should mostly be straight lines (curves are difficult with this challenge). If there are turns they should be at a right-angle to be able measure the distance of their race course.
- Use 5 OzoCodes (no more, no less) and the 5 must be speed codes or cool moves only.
- No code may be reused
Advanced
- The race track must be at least 100 centimeters in length.
- Must use at least 10 OzoCodes.
- At least four must be directional codes (may repeat these). This would require intersections to be created or line jumps to be used (example below). Be creative with how you decide to incorporate these codes into your race track.
- At least four speed codes must be used (may not use a speed code more than once)
Creating tournament brackets for the OzoRace:
https://www.printyourbrackets.com/fillable-tournament-brackets.html
https://www.printyourbrackets.com/fillable-tournament-brackets.html