MakeyMakeys in 5th Grade

All of the 5th graders at Rolling Hills Middle School loved making MakeyMakey game controllers and pianos last week! After programming 2 - 3 of their own video games on scratch.mit.edu using the Google CS First program, the students were ready to start bringing their games to life! As an extension to their electricity science lessons, Anna Rutledge had her students bring in items from home that would conduct electricity. It was fascinating watching them test out if their items in fact conducted electricity and were able to complete the circuit! 
Students then used http://makeymakey.com/piano/ to create their own original compositions on their newly created pianos. It was such a great learning experience to see students problem solve and collaborate how to have multiple students play at the same time and stay "grounded" to the circuit board!

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