ScienceKnights

 The projects below are samples from previous years.  They are presented as ideas and are not required.  Notice these are all projects from one topic: electricity.

Guidelines:

            The primary objective in this project is for students to demonstrate understanding of principles of electricity by building a small device that uses electricity to perform its function [requirement in this EXAMPLE - not Science Knights requirements].

      In this project:

1.            Grading will be based on:

a.   Student following timeline of project including submitting proposed construction to teacher (5%)

b.   Student selected challenging project based on ratings below (10%)

c.   Function of construction (40%) Construction must be original and not salvaged.

d.   Original diagram of construction (5%)

e.   Understanding of how project works (20%)

f.   Presentation (20%) Students may elect to not do the presentation but their maximum possible grade will be 80%. Demonstration and presentation will illustrate the principles that cause their construction to “work.”

2.            Project must be selected by the end of class on January 19, 2005. and selection must be submitted in writing to teacher on that day at the beginning of the class period.

3.            Construction and diagram are due on Tuesday, February 22, 2005.

 

Suggested Construction Options:

Some of the projects listed below have web sites with building information.  For the ones without a website you will need to research your construction independently.

 

Solar Battery (Challenge level = 4)

http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/echem2.html#solarcell

Van de Graaf generator (Challenge level = 8)

http://www.amasci.com/emotor/vdgplan.html

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~sengam/index.htm    

http://scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/electro/electro6.html

Build a speaker (Challenge level = 10)

Best idea: 
											Talk to Will Borkowski—he built one already!

http://members.aol.com/djadamson7/articles/linen.html

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/speaker2.htm

Converting sound into electric current (Challenge level = 5)

http://www.schoolnet.ca/general/electric-club/e/page23.html

Thermocouple (Challenge level = 4)

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_6/chpt_3/10.html

Electroplate: Turn a quarter into penny (Challenge level = 4)

http://www.finishing.com/4000-4199/4188.html   

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hall/1410/lab-Project-08.html

Hydrogen “bomb” (Challenge level = 7)

http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/echem/echem.html

Static electricity motor (Challenge level = 4)

http://amasci.com/emotor/emotor.html

DC Electric motor (Challenge level = 8; except Beekman’s or similar...see below)

http://www.simplemotor.com/howitworks.htm

 

Reciprocating electric motor (Challenge level = 20)

http://www.wondermagnet.com/recipmotor.html

Voltage transformer (Challenge level = 7)

http://www.schoolnet.ca/general/electric-club/e/page33.html

Piezoelectric cannon (Challenge level = 3)

http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/thermo/thermo2.html

Franklin Bells (Challenge level = 4)

http://web.singnet.com.sg/~sengam/franklinbells.htm

Build a model house  (Challenge level = 5)

…with 3 rooms.  Each room should have a single lamp/bulb
											and all rooms must be wired to the same 1.5 dry cell. All lamps must be
											in parallel to each other.  Two of
											the lights should be operated by single switches in their respective
											rooms.  [A switch in a room should
											operate only the light in the room in which the switch is found.]  The third light should be operated by a
											2-way (sometimes called a 3-way) switch. All switches must have only two
											positions and may be built or purchased.

http://home.howstuffworks.com/three-way2.htm          

http://www.canoe.ca/HGRenovation_Handymanwire01/1005_3wayswitch-par.html

Foxhole Radio  (Challenge level = 10)

            http://members.aol.com/djadamson7/articles/foxhole.html

Tesla Coil (Challenge level = 20)

http://www.monmouth.com/~grimcorona/Stepstep.htm

http://www.altair.org/pix/TC_1_s.gif

Electric Bicycle (Challenge level = 20)

http://www.econvergence.net/emb.htm

Prohibited projects

• “piles” (cells like we made in class)

• fruit powered current circuits

• electromagnets from nails & wire coils

• Beekman’s electric motor