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Make a model city happier with LEDs, circuits, motors, and batteries! Groups can think, discuss, design, and build what would make a community happy. Kids can work as part of a team or on their own. They identify a problem and attempt to solve it.
- 10 to 30 minutes
- 30 to 45 minutes
- $1 - $5 per student
- Ages 8 - adult
- Activity
- English
Quick Guide
Materials List (per student)
- LEDs, assorted colors, 4–6 per person
- 3V coin cell batteries, 5 per person
- Aluminum foil folded into wires, about 5 per person
- Masking tape
- Paper clips (especially helpful if you use motors)
- Lightweight cardboard, such as cereal boxes, cut in strips
- a wide variety of materials that can be cut, shaped and connected (index cards, straws and pipe cleaners work well. Other potentially useful materials are popsicle sticks, wire and felt.)
- Scissors
- Hole punches
- markers
- Large sheets of paper to make a city map
- Wire (optional)
Subjects
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Engineering and Technology
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Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Environmental Engineering
- Technology
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Engineering
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Physical Sciences
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Energy
- Energy and Power
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Energy
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The Nature of Technology
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Technology and Society
- Impacts of Technology
- Technology and the Environment
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The Design Process
- Problem Solving
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Technology and Society
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Funding Source:
- Noyce Foundation