Class creations:

In-Class:

A multi-coloured DIY bracelet.

A mini-tiara with LEDs:

For my illustration project, I used a haiku that I found:

Without flowing wine/How to enjoy lovely/Cherry blossoms?

– Anon.

The lights are underneath the illustration that has two power lines hanging out from the end. When the ends are put into water (or wine!), the lights light up, lighting the blossoms.

There are two pieces of paper that make up this, one that has the actual wiring and LEDs, the other on top of it is a slightly transparent piece of paper with the illustration. I wanted to use copper tape to do the wiring, but the copper tape I bought seems to be too thick or something, because they wouldn’t light up the LEDs, so I used the copper wire I had at hand. I also wanted to do more lights and flowers, but I broke most of mine trying to get them into place (those legs are fragile!).

When I tested it out with water, it didn’t seem to work, but then I put a ton of salt in the water and it worked well enough.

Link to video: https://youtu.be/qt_VS5B9HOA

Hopefully it will make its way to class in one piece.

1) Construct TWO parallel circuits according to the following constraints:

• Use two or more LEDs on each.
• Use two different types of conductive material.
• Document how you made each one and post it to the class blog as an in-class assignment. If one did not work, hypothesize why it did not and what you would do to make it work. (This should not take you too long.)
• Bonus: Make one of them 3D.

2) Illustration project
Pick sentence or passage from a story that you like (children’s storybooks work VERY well). Illustrate one scene from that book and integrate a circuit into it using the materials we discussed in class. Post documentation to the blog and bring your final product into class.

3) Email me your group and craft for the Learn a New Craft project.

4) Bring a toy piano or an old keyboard. The Green Supply Center is a good place to start looking.