SEWN CIRCUITS
This 2 week module is all about sewn circuits and we will be making our own "piece" that has a sewn circuit in it.
Each child will have a square of felt, a button cell and holder, some conductive thread and 2 LED's
This week they will be reseaching for ides on what they can make so they are looking at Youtube for ideas and construction as well as looking at images of felt objects to see if they can make it but adapt it with a sewn circuit in it.
Some have already looked and come up with their own ideas so wee look forward to the next 2 weeks to see what is made
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
4 May 2015 - Making our own circuits
This 2 week block is a creative play module where they have to make a machine / robot to draw patterns on a piece of paper so the first step was to design the wiring diagram.
Once they had designed their circuit they had to make it. They had to solder all the wires together and to the motor and make a battery box for the batteries.
The first step was to learn how to use the soldering iron correctly and how to solder wires together and not burn themselves in the process !
In class they were designing and making the battery boxes ready for the next lesson. This was not as easy as it sounds but there were some good construction going on and some great modifications being made !
Once we had it all working we needed to get a container of some sort for the robot body and attach the motor to it.
The next step was to make the "ROBOT DANCE!" - there was a lot of trial and error before we had some good dancers.
Now it was time to put on the felt tips and then the robots danced and drew patterns on the paper....
We will put the results up here once we have processed the videoes
Another successful 2 week module !
Once they had designed their circuit they had to make it. They had to solder all the wires together and to the motor and make a battery box for the batteries.
The first step was to learn how to use the soldering iron correctly and how to solder wires together and not burn themselves in the process !
In class they were designing and making the battery boxes ready for the next lesson. This was not as easy as it sounds but there were some good construction going on and some great modifications being made !
Once we had it all working we needed to get a container of some sort for the robot body and attach the motor to it.
The next step was to make the "ROBOT DANCE!" - there was a lot of trial and error before we had some good dancers.
Now it was time to put on the felt tips and then the robots danced and drew patterns on the paper....
We will put the results up here once we have processed the videoes
Another successful 2 week module !
20th April 2015 - First day of Term 2
First period of the first day of term 2 and we were into it.
This is the start of the four 2 week modules where we look at different aspects of circuits.
Our topic is Circuits and the first 2 weeks will be doing just that. We have got the "Brainboxes" and we are just going over the basics first so the children understand what makes a circuit and how to construct them using motors lights and switches.
As they progress past these they can follow the experiments in the books - there are 188 of them so plenty of room for extension and consolidation of knowledge.
We finished off by designing our own using all the right symbols and then trying to make them with the Brainboxes.
The programme on the server called Crocodile Clips was a great way to test the circuits out on the computer before making them with the Brainboxes
This is the start of the four 2 week modules where we look at different aspects of circuits.
Our topic is Circuits and the first 2 weeks will be doing just that. We have got the "Brainboxes" and we are just going over the basics first so the children understand what makes a circuit and how to construct them using motors lights and switches.
As they progress past these they can follow the experiments in the books - there are 188 of them so plenty of room for extension and consolidation of knowledge.
We finished off by designing our own using all the right symbols and then trying to make them with the Brainboxes.
The programme on the server called Crocodile Clips was a great way to test the circuits out on the computer before making them with the Brainboxes
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