Program a vacuum fluorescent display to display text, pictures, and animations! Finished project! Skills and concepts explored: Electricity Serial Communication between Computers and Devices Recommended Age Group: 7th grade and up Instructions  

Build a square wave generator to drive a liquid crystal! Finished Project Skills and concepts explored: Electricity LCDs Resistance Recommended Age Group: 6th grade and up Handout Presentation

Build a circuit that turns the light on when the room gets dim. Emulates a smart lighting system that turns off the room lights when the room is bright enough from ambient light. Finished Circuit Skills and concepts explored: Electricity LEDs Sensors and Digital Signal Resistance Recommended Age Group: 6th grade and up Illustrated Instructions […]

Build a Faraday flashlight that lights up with no battery – just shake it! Finished Project Skills and concepts explored: Electricity and Magnetism LEDs Wireless Energy Recommended Age Group: Any! Instructions

Build a working DC Motor! Finished Project Skills and concepts explored: Electricity and Magnetism Motors DC Power Recommended Age Group: 4th grade and up Instructions Presentation

Each contestant or team builds a Jeopardy-style quiz circuit. Instructions for a master circuit for the quizmaster included, along with a count-down timer. When a team presses its button, the other circuits are disable and the team has six seconds to answer the question. A Powerpoint game board is included; you can make your own […]

Build a low-pass, high-pass. and band-pass filter, and connect it to your mp3 player. An amplifier is needed; instructions for building one are included. Finished project. Skills and concepts explored: Audio Amplification Electricity Recommended Age Group: 9th Grade and Up Documentation Presentation Student Instructions

Build a working speaker from paper, wire and a magnet. Finished paper speaker project Skills and concepts explored: Sound Generation Amplifiers Electricity Recommended Age Group: Any! Handout | Cartoon Instructions Instructions Presentation (Powerpoint)

Design a circuit to light up your initials! Skills and concepts explored: Circuits and Electricity Resistivity LEDs Recommended Age Group: 4th grade and up Instructions (Step-by-Step) Presentation (Powerpoint) Presentation (PDF) Handout (Double-Sided) The final completed circuit in this project

Use a finger clip and circuit to measure your pulse rate! The final completed circuit for this project Skills and concepts explored: Circuits and Electricity Conductivity LEDs Recommended Age Group: 9th Grade or Higher Instructions (Step-by-Step) Instructions V2 (Step-by-Step)