Scratch is a great platform for incorporating Makey Makey into the classroom. This lesson plan is divided into two paths. One for students new to Scratch and one for students who are more advanced in coding with Scratch. This is also a great lesson to incorporate classroom knowledge AFTER completing the Game Controller Challenge.
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NOTE: This project was written to be used by teachers as a lesson plan. MS students will learn:
ES students will practice:
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| Prepare Telephone Wires |
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Follow these steps to prepare wiring. |
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| Rookie Scratch Lesson (ES/MS) Day #1 |
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If your students are new to Scratch and Makey Makey, you will want to have them program a simple Spanish lesson game. However, they will also need to play with Makey Makey first to understand how it works.
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| Rookie Scratch Lesson (ES/MS) Day #2 |
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Students will create a game in Scratch. Here are some excellent tutorials on the basics. They will need to create Sprites and program each Sprite to play a sound when a certain key is pressed. |
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| Rookie Scratch Lesson (ES/MS) Day #3 |
| Show off student creations!
Have computers, Makey Makey, and objects set up in the library or classroom. Invite students from all over school to come play these dual language games! |
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| Advanced Scratch Users (MS/HS) Day #1 |
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If you have students that are advanced Scratch users, why not have them program a multi-level game? Or even create a game with a younger audience in mind. Storyboarding and Prototyping
Click here to remix the project in Scratch Examples of levels: Level One: Program the game with pictures and have students record their voice to match the picture. Level Two: Program the game with the spanish words and then students will need to grab the correct object to score points. Level Three: Create a restaurant scene. Program the characters to act out a skit as if two characters are eating out but speaking only in Spanish. Then have students play the game by grabbing the correct object. Incorporate a timer and set student groups up against each other! See Scratch Example and video of game play |
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| Advanced Scratch Users (MS/HS) Day #2 / #3 |
| Give students ample time to create their games in Scratch. Here are some excellent tutorials on the basics and here are some tutorials on creating multi-level games. Plus, here is an amazing guide for "creative computing" with Scratch. |
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| Advanced Scratch Users (MS/HS) Day #4 |
| Before sharing games and content with community, group students in pairs and have them test games and check pronunciations with this feedback form. (25 -30 min)
After playing, students should read their feedback and revise their games. (30 min) |
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| Advanced Scratch Users (MS/HS) Day #5 |
| Have a Dual Language Maker EVENT! Invite parents, staff, etc to come play these awesome games! Set them up in the library or in the gym and let students and the community play these awesome games and interact with everyday objects by incorporating Makey Makey into your curriculum! Or take the whole set-up along with your high schoolers to the elementary school and have younger dual language students play the games the high school students created. |
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Storyboard from Goochland County Public Schools. Visit their site for planning, lessons, and great ideas on utilizing Scratch in the classroom! Scratch Wiki from MIT! Forums, blocks, tutorials, just check it out! Script Changers: Digital Storytelling with Scratch by Kylie Peppler, Rafi Santo, Melissa Gresalfi, and Katie Salen Tekinbas. |
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Supplies
- Makey Makey for each student or partner groups
- Alligator Clips
- Tinfoil
- Playdoh
- Conductive food for Scratch game (apple slices, orange slices, strawberries, bread, glass of water, etc.)
- Prepared Telephone wires
Products
EDU Standards
Next Generation Science Standards-
Grade 4 -
4-PS3 (Energy)
4-PS3-2 (Make observations to provide evidence that energy can be transferred from place to place by sound, light, heat, and electric currents)
HS-PS3 (Energy)
HS-PS-3 (Design, build, and refine a device that works within given constraints to convert one form of energy into another form of energy.)
3-PS2 (Motion and Stability: Forces and Interactions)
3-PS2-3 (Ask questions to determine cause and effect relationships of electric or magnetic interactions between two objects not in contact with each other.)
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