Tag: Electronics
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Making little robots and using breadboards!
General Topics: Engineering, Basic Robotics, Electric Energy, Electronics, Circuits Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of making small robots and learning how to use switches and breadboards! This exercise taught us how to prototype circuits by using a breadboard and teach the fundamentals of creating small devices from electrical components! Students were…
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Making Motors!
General Topics: Electromagnetic Energy, Electronics, Physics, Simple Machines Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of how electromagnetism works and how electromagnetism is used to create motors! The exercise had the students learning how to make a very basic motor using a copper wire, magnets, and a battery passing current through the device. The…
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Light ‘Em Up!
General Topics: Circuits, Electric Energy, Electronics Grade Level: 2-3 In this activity we explored the process of basic circuitry. The exercise taught how a simple wiring setup worked and how multiple lights taking one power source affect brightness. The students had a simple switch-activated light setup by the end. Each student was first given 4 lights, already…
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Check out what SPARKmakers did at MERCY’S STEAM Program Spring 2016!
General Topics: Architecture, Circuits, Design, Electronics, Engineering. Geometry, Physics Grade Level: 6-8 Over the course of 12 weeks (from April 6th through June 22nd), SPARKmakers led a “thinkering” workshop titled Designing Playful Structures, Simple Machines, and Electronic Gadgets at Mercy Neighborhood Ministry of Philadelphia and in partnership with the Internship Program from William Penn Charter School.…
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Motorized Car!
General Topics: Physics, Engineering, Mechanics, Simple Machines, Electric Energy, Circuits, Electronics, Basic Robotics Grade Level: 6-8 In this activity, we made battery powered remote controlled cars. Process: During the first session, we explained the concepts behind circuitry and how we were applying it, and started assembling the H-bridge circuit we would use to control the car. This required an extended…