Current Sixth Grade Project

Electricity Project Requirements

The Challenge:

Your job is to wire a “room” in a shoebox so it has two lights wired in a parallel circuit. You also need three switches: one at the “door” to turn on the entire circuit, and one for each individual light. As an alternative, you could just attach the circuit to a flat piece of cardboard. You need to supply the shoebox or cardboard.

The Requirements for the Circuit:

	The circuit must be a parallel circuit.
	There must be one switch at the door, which turns on the entire circuit.
	There must be another switch that turns one of the lights on and off individually.
	You must make your own switches.
	You need to make one of your own bulb holders (I will show you how).
	It must work!

Other Requirements:

	You must draw a circuit diagram of your circuit.
	You need to write one or two paragraphs explaining how your circuit works. How does the electricity flow? What is each switch doing? Why do the light bulbs light? What materials are you using that are conductors? Which materials are insulators? You will receive more specific instructions on the paragraph at a later time.

Grading:

The actual circuit you construct will be worth 60% of the grade. The paragraph will be worth 30%, and the circuit diagram 10%.