Today, I introduced the concept of an electric circuit and led students through an activity where they built a paper circuit using copper foil tape, coin cell batteries, and LEDs. I covered most of the concepts found in this YouTube video. Students used their iPads to scan a QR code they had added to their journals in order to visit this blog. In the IDEA Lab tab at the top of this blog, there is a link to the Paper Circuits Instructable I created for students to follow if they had difficulty with any of the steps I demonstrated.
After completing these practice paper circuits, students will have the opportunity to add a paper circuit to their journal covers in order to make them light up when a switch is pressed.
— Tatian Greenleaf
— Tatian Greenleaf