Simple Circuits in STEM
Building simple circuits with copper tape, led bulbs, resistors, and watch batteries is not as simple as you might think. Our STEM students are putting the engineering design process to work by figuring out how to improve their designs to make the bulb light up. However, they are also putting critical thinking skills to practice when the circuit seems to be constructed properly but still doesn't seem to work. That's led to discussion about the problem. The students are also learning that in STEM they have to embrace the idea that when they make mistakes or have what seems like a failure that it's actually what helps them learn. A few students did have success getting their name tag circuits to work. We are all so proud of them. 