"Save the Usable!" Conservation Inventions With Makey Makey

10 Makey Makeys (1 for every group of 2 students), 10 PicoBoards (optional), miscellaneous objects--found at home/school, or from second-hand stores

This project was first made for a How-To Contest Makey Makey ran in 2013 and was formatted a little differently than this. This was a winning submission from The New Century School, Verona, WI, USA.

Introduction Video

What are some ways in which humans waste things?

Here are a list and a summary of some of our ideas about ways in which humans waste materials and resources.

Here is a sample of students’ brainstorming.

Here is a blank template for brainstorming.

Sample of student work.

Blank template.

Here is a template that helped students write scripts for their videos.

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