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| Simple circuit |
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| Putting the bits together |
Year 4 at Chesterton are learning about circuits at the moment, so I went in to spend the day doing a bristlebot / robot workshop. We looked at a commercially produced hexbug and the kids figured what was inside - battery, switch and vibrating motor.
No sensors, no intelligence, but cleverly designed legs.
Then we looked at some home-made versions, using larger toy motors and simple slide switches. One was made with wire legs and the other had a brush for a base.
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| Plastic cup Dalek |
The children worked in pairs, listed all the parts they would need and stripped the connecting wires. We used pliers and sticky tape to secure contacts; matchsticks and sticky tape to scupper the motors.
They created all sorts of great stuff.
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| Brush beast |
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| Helicopter |
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| Brush aeroplane |
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| Octopus |
