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Check out our new sampler app. Load sample packs, and play music with the world at your fingertips!

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Invention Literacy Foundations: Prototype Game Controller for Makey Makey Soccer App

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In this guide, you will make a few different types of joystick game controllers and then be challenged to design your own invention! To start inventing your own controller, let's create both a divergent (or different than normal) d-pad controller with Play-doh and then craft a scrappy joystick with paperclips!

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Ready to start inventing?

First set up takes seconds. Start out easy with a banana piano. Then create game controllers, invent musical instruments, make voting machines, and light up paper circuits. Connect Makey Makey to the world of things around you, and the possibilities are endless!

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Simple Invention How-To Guides For Makey Makey - Makey Shop

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If you need some help with your Makey Makey, look no further. Heres a collection of helpful information to get your new project started, or maybe just some useful tips and tricks to finish up your invention.

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The new Makey Makey Apps are the culmination of years of learning and play at JoyLabz. We took our tried-and-true piano app that was created when Makey Makey was first introduced, and we took it up a level alongside a number of new apps that we have created from the ground up. The new apps all have a number of cool fea

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Aconductoris any item that allows electrons to flow through it with little effort. If an item has any conductivity, Makey Makey will detect it. Most metals are great conductors! Pure water is actually an insulator, once water comes in contact with things like salt, humans, etc, it becomes contaminated. Because of this, free ions in water are what make water conductive. Conductivity is changed by humidity and temperatures.
Aninsulatoris any item that does not allow electrons to flow through it. Things like masking tape, hot glue, paper, are insulators that do not allow electrons to flow Prototyping Iteration is the next step of prototyping. An inventor will continue to draft and rework their ideas by making more versions or iterations of a design idea. Once you start inventing, you'll want to make multiple versions of your idea to make sure you have a successful prototype or invention idea! is the first step to inventing.Aprototypeis an early or beginning model of an idea (generally an invention.) Inventors prototype ideas to test the concept of their inventions. If a prototype is still buggy or doesn't work right, an inventor will create another version of their idea.
You've had some hands-on experience with Makey Makey. However, you can use all kinds of items for inventing with Makey Makey! You'll need to do some experimenting to see what items are conductive.

Did you know everything in this world is either a conductor or an insulator? In this lesson, we experiment with all sorts of objects to find out what is conductive so you can start designing your own inventions. Here is a quick example of what your finished experiment will look like.
Discussion Questions:
Now grab some foil and a piece of cardboard and let's make your own "Is it Conductive?" testing station! Make sure to the " Is it Conductive?"

Make sure to print out your t-chart, or make your own chart on paper so you can record what is conductive and what is an insulator.

Test an item by laying it across the conductive tape traces. If it is conductive, the game will tell you! Sometimes, it helps to use a plastic ruler to press down on the item so you don't accidentally set off the conductive radar with your hands! Label the item in your t-chart as you test them!

How are the conductive items alike?

What do the insulators have in common?

What makes a conductor different than an insulator?

What items did you not test that you think might be conductive?

Why do you think the alligator clips and alligator heads are covered in plastic?

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Invention Literacy Foundations: What is Conductive?

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TIMING{;}30 min --- GRADES{;} 3-8 --- SUPPLIES{;} Makey Makey A piece of cardboard Conductive base: HVAC tape or kitchen foil A ruler (It helps when testing materials, so you don't accidentally complete the circuit with your touch!) Lots of items for testing: Apples, plants, cotton, stuff around your house!