Level 3: MaKey MaKey

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Week 5 – November 15, 2014

Partner Names

Partner Name 1
Partner Name 2
Partner Name 3

All of your answers must be in the form of complete sentences to receive full credit.

Challenge 3.1 Setup Your MaKey MaKey

1. Plug it in	2. Connect to Earth	3. Connect to You	4. Activate it

While you're still holding the "Ground", touch the round "Space" pad on the MaKey MaKey. You should see a green light on the MaKey MaKey, and your computer will think the space bar was pressed. Connect the other alligator clips up to the other button pads on the Makey Makey.

5. Now let's see what it can do!

Click Here to Play This Scratch Piano

So What is a Makey Makey Anyway?

Watch this video.

Q1:	What does a Makey Makey do?
A1:	Your Answer Here
Q2:	In what way(s) does a Makey Makey work just like a lightbulb and a battery?
A2:	Your Answer Here
Q3:	What is the role of your body play in making the MaKey MaKey work? Why do you need to hold/touch the ground?
A2:	Your Answer Here

HINT:

This diagram might help you with the Q2 & Q3

Challenge 3.2 Extend the MaKey MaKey

Now that you have mastered the basic contols, it's time to extend the power of the MaKey MaKey. Flip the board onto it's backside to reveal 6 additional keyboard buttons! WASDFG!

To connect these buttons, you will need to use the white, insulated wires that come with the MaKey MaKey and insert the "stripped" metal ends into the black plastic channels, or ports. You can also still use the same connections with alligator clips from the front-side on the back-side too.

Once you have discovered how to connect the WASDFG keyboard buttons,

Click Here to Mess With This AWSM Sound Effects Board

Challenge 3.3 Build a Custom MaKey MaKey Controller

Using cardboard, foil, tape, and glue, build a remote control that connects to the MaKey Makey to control the Piano or the Sound Effects Board above or this Arcade Game!.