As part of Year 9 Science, Sarah Smallman’s class embarked on a conductivity theme using MakeyMakey Kits. They had been learning about electricity, conductors and insulators, and they teamed up with Linda Chong in the Centre for Innovation to put their skills into practice. The students used the MakeyMakey kits and their laptops to create directional movements in a computer game by dancing on conductor pads they had made and to programme the lolly buttons for a computer game to make a crazy taxi jump, move in various directions and travel through a maze. They also created music by using pink and white marshmallows as the keys of a piano.
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| Using MakeyMakey attached to lollies to play a computer game |
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| Organising the marshmellows to form the piano keyboard |
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| Created a dance platform to use your feet to control the direction in the SuperTux game |
There was huge student engagement while discovery, collaboration and creativity reinforced the principles learned in their Science class. They videoed their explanation of understanding as evidence of their learning.
Jennie Nairn
Deputy Principal Teaching and Learning
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