I just helped my stepdaughter and three of her classmates work on their House Electricity Project. Four girls working to wire a house with circuits: series, parallel, combination. It also had to include an LED doorbell which works when the button is pushed. It must be decorated.
It was fun seeing the girls draw our the circuits on paper and then replicate it with the holiday lights, wire, switches and soldering. They spent more time deciding on the decorations for the house though. This is a project that could have been cross disciplinary for sure. Each student has to produce a Power point about electricity. Disciplines involved: Math to solve the electricity problems, Science to solve the wiring of the circuits, Career Technology to help with the Power point presentation as well as the interior decorating of the house and Art for the displays on the walls.
I think it is a great project as it stands. The girls worked hard for about an hour and a half. They were laughing and carrying on with each other.
The project sounds very similar to this project: http://cpphysics.homestead.com/houseg.html
It was fun seeing the girls draw our the circuits on paper and then replicate it with the holiday lights, wire, switches and soldering. They spent more time deciding on the decorations for the house though. This is a project that could have been cross disciplinary for sure. Each student has to produce a Power point about electricity. Disciplines involved: Math to solve the electricity problems, Science to solve the wiring of the circuits, Career Technology to help with the Power point presentation as well as the interior decorating of the house and Art for the displays on the walls.
I think it is a great project as it stands. The girls worked hard for about an hour and a half. They were laughing and carrying on with each other.
The project sounds very similar to this project: http://cpphysics.homestead.com/houseg.html
Please note my new school email address is nmorgan@eanesisd.net.
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