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Makey Makey

Turn the World Into a Controller! 🎮🍌💡

📓 2 loanable classroom sets

Makey Makey is an invention kit for Grades 3–8 that turns everyday objects into touchpads and controllers - no programming experience required. By connecting alligator clips to conductive materials, students can control games, music, and apps, or create custom inventions that blend coding, engineering, and art. If it conducts electricity, it can be part of a project!

Grades: 3 - 8

❤️ Why Teachers Love It:

Sparks creativity and curiosity across all grade levels.
Encourages hands-on exploration of circuits and conductivity.
Integrates easily into STEM, art, music, and maker activities.
Inspires invention and problem-solving with minimal setup.

🔑 Key Features:

USB-powered invention board—no batteries required.
Works with everyday conductive materials (fruits, foil, graphite, etc.).
Compatible with Mac, Windows, Chromebook, and most devices.
Ideal for collaborative and project-based learning.

💡 Tech Integration Ideas:

Build custom game controllers from recycled materials.
Create interactive art that responds to touch.
Make musical instruments out of fruits and vegetables.
Integrate into science units to explore conductivity and circuits.

🎯 Connection to Standards:

Computer Science (CSTA): Input/output systems, creative computing, and algorithmic thinking.
ISTE Student Standards: Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator.
Science (NGSS): Energy transfer, properties of materials, circuits.
Math: Measurement, logic, and problem-solving.
21st Century Skills: Creativity, collaboration, critical thinking.

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