Want to do more than play banana pianos? What about inventing a game that makes others get active? Try this STEM in the gym challenge and build your invention skills!
Makey Makey Explore and Play If you haven’t used a Makey Makey yet, you should have
Today’s new project November idea is to invent a controller for one of our new apps! The NEW Makey Makey Piano App The new Makey Makey Piano App is 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 l
Buzzer App Want to make a Jeopardy-style quiz show for your classroom or maybe have
Up until now you’ve learned how circuits work and explored Makey Makey. But now let’s go further by exploring switches. Switches are a simple type of sensor. Sensors and microcontrollers power our world. But what is a sensor? And what is a microcontroller? And how do they work together? Let’s get started!
students who’ve finished our Beginner Level Makey Makey class or makers who already have
The Makey Makey should have a red light on the back showing that the power is on.
Add a physical computing element to your fraction lessons with this guide on using Makey Makey and Scratch to generate fractions! Gather your supplies and let’s go!
So for our code to work, we have to create statements that tell the computer when
Banana pianos are awesome, but what about playing music with your feet? Introducing our new guides to build your own oversized floor piano or your own portable piano! In this new guide, you can build a quick floor piano with HVAC tape, or go oversized with cardboard. If you want to go further, you can use this pia
Piano and Fruit Piano Guide Learn Piano Keys with Makey Makey by Beverly Lowe Have
Joylabz is looking for a contract graphic artist to develop 2D graphic assets for games to be used with Makey Makey. This position will help create interactive games that are part of a broader educational toolkit to reinvent how the world thinks about gaming. Responsibilities Design 2D animation, characters, and enviro
sense with ability to draw and communicate visually (may need to sketch ideas) Have
This week is Computer Science Education week and we are celebrating by issuing a daily Hour of Code Challenge. Our 3rd challenge for Hour of Code is to code your own maze in Scratch! Earlier this year, we challenged the community to create an oversized walkable maze as part of our fall challenge. Welp, one of our educ
And now I have a video to explain it. Thanks kids!
Back in February, Tom & Liam (our intrepid Makey Makey Education team) travelled south of the border to Mexicali, the capital of Baja California, Mexico. Their mission? To lead a hands-on workshop for elementary school teachers and makerspace volunteers, as part of a broader initiative to promote STEM education ini
and Liam’s enthusiastic support and willingness to come to Mexicali, we wouldn’t have
Symphony With Installation and creators Gin and Nicholas The Invention: Symphony With The interactive sound installation, Symphony With, made its debut at the Melbourne International Games Week 2023 and RMIT University Orientation week 2024, captivating participants with its unique blend of art and technology. Symphon
Symphony With: Kids participate In the beginning, the inventors wanted to have a
