7p6 Makey Makey

Using a makey makey, some alligator wires, duct tape, cardboard, aluminum foil, a measuring tape, and some cardboard scissors I created an even larger makey makey because it really isn't that hard to do at all except for the measuring.

During this process, I learned that 1, you need to hold on the "earth bar" for it to actually make the commands and 2, that even though it's flappy bird and you only need to press a single button for it to work, it's still really hard to play with the giant makey makey.

The 7 standards of the class are Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge Constructor, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator, and Global Collaborator. My project ties to computational thinker because we had to use math and measure, tape, cut, and shape into perfect versions or else it would kinda just be a big piece of cardboard with some aluminum foil and wires sticking out of it.

A challenge I overcame on this project was getting it done on time. I was able to do it by speeding up and being less precise on the cutting (that's why the click and space buttons looked more like eggs then circles).

Given a chance to do this again, I would change the fact that it was very flimsy and make it less, flimsy. The reason why I would change it is because if i pressed the click and/or space button it would have that half move farther away from my hand which made it harder to play flappy bird (we also did pacman but that doesn't use space and click, just the arrow keys).

Hastings High School Career and Technical Education Program offers Agriculture, Business Management, Computer Programming, Construction Trades, Culinary Arts, Digital Multimedia, Engineering Design, Finance, Insurance, Marketing. My project connects to the Engineering Design CTE program at Hastings High School. My project connects to careers in Engineering like Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Chemical Engineering, and Civil Engineering.