Science
Circuits, conductivity, and physics students can feel.
For every classroom. No experience required.
Turn any classroom into an invention lab.
Makey Makey clips onto everyday objects — bananas, playdough, foil, friends — and turns them into a keyboard. Plug in, clip on, and students are inventing in minutes. No coding background, no lab, no setup headaches.
Trusted in classrooms in 150+ countries · Works with any computer · No software to install
Easy to teach, easy to learn
If you can use a keyboard, you can teach with Makey Makey.
There's nothing to download and nothing to configure. Plug the board into any computer with the USB cable, clip an alligator wire to something conductive, and it just works — it shows up as a keyboard or mouse. Teachers are up and running on day one, and students grasp it in the first five minutes. That means less time troubleshooting and more time creating.
Plug and play.
Works instantly with any Mac, PC, or Chromebook. No apps, no drivers, no accounts.
Ready-made lessons.
Free lesson plans, guides, and project ideas mapped to real classroom time.
Built to survive a classroom.
Simple, durable, and forgiving — perfect for first-timers and small hands.
Students lean in
Learning they can touch — and won't want to put down.
Makey Makey turns abstract ideas into something students can hold, build, and play. When a lump of playdough becomes a game controller or a row of bananas becomes a piano, curiosity takes over. Kids who normally hang back are suddenly leading the group. It's hands-on, it's a little bit magic, and it gets every learner off the sidelines and into the making.
Instant "whoa" moment.
The first successful circuit hooks students immediately.
Everyone participates.
Collaborative by nature — great for pairs, teams, and mixed-ability groups.
Creativity over right answers.
Open-ended projects reward experimenting, iterating, and trying again.
One kit, every subject
From music to math to science — it fits where you already teach.
Makey Makey isn't a separate "tech" unit you have to make room for. It drops into the lessons you already teach and makes them hands-on. Build an instrument in music, a game controller in coding, a working circuit in science, an interactive map in social studies, a storytelling prop in language arts. Same kit, endless subjects — which makes it one of the most versatile tools in the building.
Math
Interactive number lines, graphs, and fraction games.
Music
Invent instruments from everyday objects.
CS & Engineering Technology
Prototyping, introduction to logic. Pair with Scratch and other CS tools for interactivity.
Language Arts
Talking posters, sound effects, and interactive stories.
Art & Design
Controllers and sculptures that actually do something.
Built to scale
A STEM investment that pays off in every room.
Makey Makey delivers hands-on, standards-aligned learning without the cost, training, or upkeep of a dedicated lab. One affordable kit works across grade levels and subjects, so a single purchase reaches more students and more teachers. It's low-maintenance, reusable year after year, and supported by a free, ready-to-teach curriculum — so adoption is fast and the value keeps compounding.
Affordable and reusable.
Low cost per kit, no consumables, no subscriptions — it lasts for years.
Standards-aligned & curriculum-ready.
Free lessons support STEM, ISTE, and NGSS-aligned goals.
Easy to roll out.
Minimal training for staff and works on the devices you already own.
Educator Stories
Loved by Teachers Everywhere
"Makey Makey still stands out after all these years as one of the BEST creative and explorative tools available to students and teachers!"
Jason Hubbard
TOSA
Perrysburg Schools
"I use this as a jumping off point to teaching secondary computing science and digital making."
Fraser McKay
Computing Science Teacher
St John Ogilvie High School
"I've seen students create everything from dance mats and Operation games to musical instruments and interactive stories (With Makey Makey). Every project is unique because students get to bring their own ideas to life"
Melissa Zeitz
Digital Literacy and Computer Science Teacher/Coordinator Pk-8
Alfred G. Zanetti Montessori School / Springfield Public Schools, Springfield, MA
From the community
See Makey Makey in Real Classrooms
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