{"id":4428,"date":"2016-05-25T12:07:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T16:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/?p=4428"},"modified":"2022-11-03T17:02:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-03T21:02:20","slug":"using-makey-makey-for-active-play-stem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ssww.com\/blog\/using-makey-makey-for-active-play-stem\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Makey Makey for Active Play & STEM"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently I was introduced to this awesome little tool called the Makey Makey<\/a><\/strong>. This product has become so popular\u00a0in classrooms, afterschool programs like the YMCA, occupational therapy, and many other industries. With the movie Civil War being so popular, I came up with the idea to create a game with Scratch Studio<\/a> that pits Captain America versus Iron Man and allows each player to become the characters and get active.\u00a0This Makey Makey activity encapsulates STEM and Active Play.<\/p>\n

You can use Makey Makey for so many different types of activities. It is a\u00a0simple circuit board that lets you connect everyday objects to a computer, such as\u00a0food, plants, clay, and\u00a0more! It’s an easy process and you don’t have to use any\u00a0programming, but you can if you would like to create your own activity on the computer.<\/p>\n

Iron Man Vs. Captain America – Makey Makey style<\/strong><\/p>\n

Goal: Create a simple game that could be connected to the Makey Makey and allow two players to be physically active.<\/p>\n

Here is the game located on Scratch website:\u00a0Iron Man Vs. Capt. America<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I began the process by looking around the Scratch website for games, activities, and projects that encompassed what I wanted each character to do on the screen. This process took me into the coding world, where basically you learn, \u201cIf X occurs, then Y should happen\u201d.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0was able to look at each activity and click on the \u2018look inside\u2019 tab to see how the creators wrote the code to make their characters do what they wanted to do. Because this is an educational tool, it is all free and sharing is encouraged.<\/p>\n

How to Play:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Makey Makey comes with:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n