Makey Makey interactive poster (Years 3-4)
This activity allows students to: use the Makey Makey as a digital system, create a digital solution, investigate how circuits work/the properties of materials (conductivity); and evaluate the effectiveness of the interactive poster design (user interface) for a user.
Additional details
| Year band(s) | 3-4 |
|---|---|
| Content type | Lesson ideas |
| Format | Document |
| Keywords | specification, algorithms, implementation, digital systems, computational thinking, systems thinking, design thinking, DTiF, dtif, DTIF, ACARA |
| Organisation | Australian Government Department of Education and Training |
| Copyright | Australian Government Department of Education and Training, CC BY 4.0 |
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