
When it touches just one side, it will be off. When the foil on the cylinder touches both pieces on the cardboard, the circuit will turn on.


Clip a binder clip to one side of a rectangle of cardboard (a “brick”).The power source for your Scrappy Circuits. For a simple demonstration of how electricity travels, make the LED legs straddle the battery, with the long leg touching the positive (+) side. You’ll use three parts: the LED, battery, and cylinder body. Open the battery compartment, remove the 3V coin cell battery, and pry the base/LED holder apart from the outer cylinder body. Anyone with access to office supplies and a dollar store can make the five Core Bricks for about $1. Educators can build it with their class for about $20. What began as an exploration of DIY switches ended later as a self-made invention system sourced from a fifty-cent LED tea light. I first developed Scrappy Circuits with Chris Connors and Eva Luna while working at Xraise, an education outreach program at Cornell University. Scrappy Circuits is the perfect way to get started. The next step is to take apart a dollar store item and make it better - combine two items, replace a switch, create something new and unique. Learning how a handheld fan, LED light, remote control, or headphones work will help show how wind turbines, traffic lights, speakers, keyboards, and other modern devices function. The best dollar you can spend on a child’s STEAM education is to take them to the dollar store, buy an electronic item, and then take it apart. Graphics and More to Help Spread the Word

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