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Makey Makey Circuits

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Created July 21, 2015 by Angelique with Karen Fasimpaur • 2697 views • 2 examples • 0 tutorials

Makey Makey is an electronic invention kit that lets users connect everyday objects to computer programs. Using a circuit board, alligator clips, and a USB cable, the system uses closed loop electrical signals to send the computer either a keyboard stroke or mouse click signal. This function allows the Makey Makey to work with any computer program or web page that take input. In this example, students will work together to make a human presentation slider using a Makey Makey. (Image courtesy of Amber Case)

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Making Paper Circuits

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Created July 20, 2015 by (various) • 2790 views • 6 examples • 4 tutorials

Paper circuits are a way to add light to drawings or other paper creations. These circuits are created by attaching a battery to LED lights with a variety of conductive materials, such as conductive tape or paint. More advanced projects can involve switches, parallel circuits, pressure sensors, and more. Creating paper circuits can teach not only the basics of electronic circuitry, but also about design, iteration, troubleshooting, collaboration,creative expression, and more. Here are some additional sources of information on this topic: Paper circuits from the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium Simple Paper Circuit from Make Hack Your Notebook Day More… Read more »

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Learning Grammar with Little Bits

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Created July 22, 2014 by Joie Marinaro • 3353 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

This lesson/how-to for teachers is designed to teach sentence clauses to middle schoolers: http://joiemarinaro.wordpress.com/maker-journals-and-final-product/ It requires a little bit of pre-teaching regarding subjects and predicates, and runons and fragments, but there’s a prezi linked to the How-to. This lesson uses Little Bits to make circuits, which light up, in order to symbolize the properties of independent and dependent clauses. The lesson expressly illustrates the mobility of dependent clauses in a sentence.

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Storytelling with Light

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Created July 14, 2014 by The Maker Jawn Team (as represented by K-Fai Steele, Goda Trakumaite, Sari Widman, and Shanise Redmon) @makerjawn • 2949 views • 1 examples • 4 tutorials

Welcome to the fifth Make Cycle in the 2014 Making Learning Connected Collaboration! This week (or anytime, really), using some sort of light source, and any materials of your choosing, we want you to tell a story. Some tools we have used in the past for this project include LEDs (we source them through Amazon), coin cell batteries, and various arts and crafts supplies. We like to use recycled, found materials as much as possible, and occasionally our prototyping lab looks like a thrift store exploded. We like to use recycled materials not only because they’re cheap, but because there’s… Read more »

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Book Sculpture/Circuitry

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Created July 10, 2014 by Michelle Stein • 1683 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

Combine 3-D paper sculpting from a book with wire circuitry by carving out a hidden space within a book to place an electrical circuit to light the cover. Concept is not hard, but the carving is tedious and difficult. Not recommended for students below 8th grade.

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