Use physical objects to control digital animations and sound
Use math (you won’t realize you did)
Use music (you’ll probably realize you did)
What you get
Three ways to help Pete find his beat using micro:bit, MaKey MaKey, and Scratch
Loads of supplemental teaching resources for music, coding and Scratch 3.0
A sock-bunny, a micro:bit clipped to a glove, and a MaKey MaKey. These are all the first drafts of my attempts.
Most people don’t know this, but there is a reason Peter Cottontail always came hip-hoppin’ down the bunny trail.
He was a famous DJ, and he loved to make music. Though the secret to his music lived in his tail.
One day a terrible DJ accident happened and Peter lost his cottontail.
Now he is just known as “Pete who lost his beat.”
Can you help Pete find his beat?
Part 1 – Make Pete, micro:bit glove, and MaKey MaKey dance pad
Materials:
Pete: 1 sock, fist-full of stuffing, two rubber bands, and scissors
micro:bit glove: glove, binder clip, micro:bit with battery pack
MaKey MaKey dance pad: 1 file folder, aluminum foil (about the size of half a sheet of computer paper), glue, scissors, MaKey MaKey
First, make Pete.
Pete is a sock bunny.
Pete is just a sock bunny. Follow this tutorial to make your own. If you don’t like this tutorial, search “No sew sock bunny” to find many versions. You can also search “No sew sock animal” to finds lots of other creatures to make with a sock.
Materials: 1 sock, fist-full of stuffing, two rubber bands, and scissors.
Glue a piece of foil onto the bottom of Pete. This will help him to dance on the MaKey MaKey dance pad.
Glue foil onto the bottom of Pete. This is how Pete will complete the circuit on the MaKey MaKey dance pad.
Second, make your micro:bit glove.
Materials: glove, binder clip, micro:bit with battery pack
Clip the micro:bit to a glove with a binder clip. Connect the battery pack and slide it into the glove.
A deleted scene from Stranger Things when the micro:bit starts to flash lights and communicate a message from another world. Just kidding.
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