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Tinkering

by Curt Gabrielson

September 2013

Intermediate to advanced

268 pages

7h 4m

English

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How to Use This BookConventions Used in This BookSafari® Books OnlineHow to Contact UsAcknowledgments
Drum SetGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerCheck It OutTorsion DrumGather More StuffTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Music
Why Tinkering Is EssentialTinkering Throughout HistoryNot for Everyone?
Magnet ToysGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerFloating StackRolling EdgesHanging UpCompassStrange PendulumBouncing JawsLevitatorMagnetic wand (for use with all the above)Check It OutElectromagnetic DancerGather More StuffTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Magnetism
Tinkering SchemesFree-Form TinkeringClass Group TinkeringFrameworks for TinkeringStudioCompetitionCooperationIndividual ExposéCharacteristics of a Good Tinkering SessionStudents
Basketball HoopGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerCheck It OutCarnival Ball GameGather More StuffGather More ToolsTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Mechanics
Tinkering SpaceStocking Your SpaceMaterials and ToolsTinkering ProjectsFacilitating ProjectsA Few More Tinkering Considerations
Flashlight and Magic WandGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerCheck It OutSteadiness CircuitGather More StuffGather More ToolsTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Circuits

The Learning CommunityDifferentiated Learning
Floating and Sinking with ColorsGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerCheck It OutChemical ReactionsGather More StuffTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Chemistry
QuestionsAnswers
Arm ModelGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerCheck It OutFoot and Ankle ModelGather More StuffTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Biology
StandardsAssessment
HovercraftGather StuffGather ToolsTinkerCheck It OutMotorized Art SpinnerGather More StuffTinkerCheck It OutWhat’s Going On?Keep OnInternet ConnectionsStandards Topic LinksMore Tinkering with Motor Engineering

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Chapter 7. Electric Circuits

Making a Flashlight, Magic Wand, and Steadiness Circuit

Figure 7-1. Tinkering with light and electricity

Tinkering with electricity is especially exciting because you can’t see it, yet you know that it can flow through wires as well as the tissues of your very own body. Raymond F. Yates’ 1942 classic, A Boy and a Battery, missed the mark by about 50 percent; it turns out kids love making lights light and buzzers buzz no matter what gender they are!

As I’m sure Edison would attest, were he with us today, making a lightbulb glow ranks among one of the deepest primordial sources of satisfaction. Perhaps the first people to ...