HTHI
Dance Dance Re-Volt-ution Project
During this project we where put up groups of four and were asked to create a dance pad that would light up a light bulb when we stepped on it. We also had to pick a song and choreograph a dance to demonstrate at our exhibition. In my group (Taylor, Kaylee, Ethan) we used cardboard, tin foil, paint, and duct tape to create our dance pad. For the circuit to light up the light bulb we used copper wire, a battery, a battery pack, and a light bulb.
How a circuit works: A circuit works by energy flowing though the battery into the copper wire witch flows into the light bulb and keeps flowing around and around.
The differences Between a conductor and an insulator: A conductor is a meteral that helps the flow of electricity. Most conductors a usually made out of a metallic substance such as a paper clip or a dime. An insulator is a material that does not help the flow of electricity and the best insulators are made out of plastic substances.
How our dance pad works: Our dance pad works buy the battery pack being connected to two copper wires. One copper wire is connected to the light bulb, the other is attached to a toilet paper roll covered in tin foil. This toilet paper roll is attached to the top of a cardboard flap the has a layer of tin foil on the bottom. When you step on the cardboard flap the toilet paper roll touches the tin foil on the bottom of the flap and completes the circuit light up the bulb.