Wednesday 3/22

We're starting a STEM Career Research Project. You will choose a STEM career to research and you will create a presentation to share with the class.

Start by Choosing a career that you find interesting. You can check this document for some links to STEM Career information websites. 

Your choice is due at the end of the period today or I will assign one to you.

Monday 3/20

1. Breadboard Circuits Activity

Vocabulary: conductor, insulator, battery, wires, light bulb, switch, breadboarding, basic circuit, series circuit, parallel circuit, open circuit, closed circuit

Study the Quizlet

Procedure:

• 1. Pass out supplies

• 2. Prepare bulb: Carefully twist and pull off the cut section of plastic insulation from each wire lead. Take the wires on each side of the bulb and gently twist the thin strands together to give it a “rope” like appearance. Repeat on the other side. Be careful not to poke your fingers with the wire strands.

• 3. Get your battery. Look at your battery and bulb/socket/wire. Which parts are conductors and which are insulators? Can you make the bulb light with just these two parts? 

• 4. Build a basic circuit activity (we'll do this together) (see written directions below)

2. Breadboard Circuits Quiz


Written instructions for breadboard circuit:

Monday 3/13

1. Fill out this form to let me know if you have finished your choice project

2. Go to Tinkercad.com and click on the logo

• Enter the Invite Code: FZQ2J5KF in the Get Approval box
• Click on LEARN
• Scroll down to Tinkercad Projects (Beta) and click on "Browse all Projects"
• Complete the following lessons
• Introduction to Primitive Shapes
• Lets Learn Tinkercad
• Build a Tinkercad House
• When you have finished all three lessons, browse the projects and choose a simple (one piece) shape to create and print