Angela Richman said, "We brought several books, HI $5 bookmarks, science and homework database flyers, library stickers, library card applications and our calendar of activities. We promoted Libraries Rock! Summer Learning Program 2018 and had 85 people visiting our JPL table.
"We brought our Makey Makey kit and some
bananas. Yes. bananas. The kit included wires with alligator clips to connect Makey Makey to objects, and 85 people had the opportunity to
observe/participate in this project. We asked questions, such as:
· What
did you learn from this activity?
· What
else do you think would work to play the banana piano?
· Can
you pass energy to another person to play the banana piano?
"We explained what a Makey Makey is. It is a
computer circuit board that helps
transfer energy from an object that is
conductive to a computer to tell it to do
a task, such as in this program, to play a piano.
"We explained what conductivity is, energy in an object.
How we set up the piano:
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We Laid six bananas
out in a row, spacing them out enough so they didn’t touch.
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We connected the
wire leads to the fruit by gripping the tops of the alligator clips on the
wires.
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We connected the
wire leads to the Makey Makey, starting on the left and hooked them up in the
order of left arrow, up arrow, right arrow, down arrow, space/left button.
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We added the ground
lead to the bottom of the Makey Makey. Next we plugged the USB cable to the
board, then to a computer.
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We went to http://makeymakey.com/piano/
to access the piano that works with the Makey Makey kit.
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Participants were
holding the wire connected to the ground section of the Makey Makey with one
hand and tap the fruit to play the piano."
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