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A Makey Makey is a board that can be connected to a computer as a replacement keyboard. It can also be used with Scratch.mit.edu to add voices, gaming controls and interaction with the computer. MineTap created by Shalise (yr 4) in a gifted makers program. Strap the velcro to your hands and allows her friend with cerebral palsy to play Minecraft The Makey Makey requires a completed circuit to operate. It can use any conductive material to complete a circuit including: Wires People - skin to skin contact Playdough - high in salt Foil Copper tape Tap water Living things eg: live plants/flowers Trouble shooting When troubleshooting it is important to only change one thing at a time and check the circuit after each change. This will ensure you don't introduce new problems. Create by Katie (year 2) in a gifted makers program. Audio Tour of Paris each part has an interactive point. The circuit isn’t working Check the light turns on when you...

What are your plans? Ada Lovelace is truely cross curricula, her father was a poet, she studied maths and science and she is credited with being the first programmer before there were computers to be programmed.  Why Ada Lovelace Day Matters. Who is Ada Lovelace? Source Did you know Lord Byron the poet only had one legitimate a daughter? Her name Ada Lovelace Byron. His wife -  Lady Anne Isabella Milbanke Byron ,  only tolerated his philandering ways for a short while and left him when Ada was 8 weeks old. Lady Anne had Ada tutored in Maths and Science so she was not go the way of her father. Ada went on to study Advanced mathematics at a time when women did not study mathematics or go to university. At 17, Ada went on to work with Charles Babbage who is credited with inventing the first programmable computer.  Ada was later asked to translate an article on Babbage's analytical engine that had been written by Italian engineer Luig...