This page give extra information for the BANANAS! event a The Public in August 2013.
Things we used:
MaKey Makey
MaKey MaKey board
This is the little gadget that we used for the Banana Synth and the game controllers, it helps you make all sorts of different things into touchpad controllers.
Here is their website: http://www.makeymakey.com/
Games
Here are links to some of the games we played with our MaKey MaKey controllers:
- Monkey Stack
- Jumping Bananas
- Banana Rama
- Mico Maco
- Rain Forest Adventure
- Monkey Jump
- Picking Bananas
Training your Monkey
Here is a Monkey Language sheet for you to download and print.
The inspiration for this activity came from Dr Techniko.
Things you can try at home:
How to tattoo a banana
Step-by-step instructions for how to make cool designs on a banana.
5-minute ice cream
A fabulous way of making your own ice cream!
Banana recipes
If you have more than 5 minutes and want to make some banana-based food, how about trying one of these BBC recipes?