Today some of us were lucky enough to work with Ian from Digital Circus. His company is helping our school to develop our Digital Technology Curriculum. We discussed what we know about electricity, and learned that electricity can be stored in batteries. We also learnt that the circuit must be complete for the electricity to flow through. Then we were let loose to create circuits, using batteries to make LEDs light up. It was lots of fun and we hope we get to do more of this work soon!
Challenge 1: using playdough to complete the circuit, make the LED light up. Things to remember: use the long 'leg' of the LED on the positive side, or it won't work!
Challenge 2: add a second LED and see if you can make them both light up!
Challenge 3: make the playdough into 'rocket' and 'flame' shapes and make three LEDs light up.
Challenge 4 (for fast finishers): make a shape of your choice and add extra batteries/LEDs to complete more circuits.
Beau and Cooper getting very excited that their two LEDs are working
Such concentration!
Braxton and Jayden feeling very proud after making their rocket light up!
Extra challenge: make a different shape and see how many parts you can make light up! This flower was made by Madison and Isalei.
Such concentration!
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