Electricity / Electronics / Computer Technology
Basic Electronic Circuits
This project introduces students to the fundamentals of basic electronic circuits and gives them hands-on experience with circuit drawings.
Battery Comparator
Students build and test a circuit that allows for testing various types of batteries.
Binary Systems
A simple, hands-on way to introduce middle school students to the world of bits and bytes. Includes background notes for teacher, game rules and project assembly instructions.
Bipolar Transistor Operation and Configuration
High schoolers build an R-C coupled amp and compare transistor configurations by separating the biasing arrangements from AC amplification, using the same or DC bias setup for all three configurations.
Building a Simple Jeopardy Circuit
Students design a real-life electronic circuit, using several methods of digital design, and overcome problems with interfacing digital designs with components outside the digital control.
Bulletproof Electronic Box
This indestructible teacher-made electronics trainer gives students hands-on experience with 28 electronics circuits/subjects--and protects components from damage and loss.
Calculating
Home Electricity Consumption
Students gain greater awareness of
their personal use of electricity and get some excellent experience with the
practical application of mathematics through study of their families’
consumption of electricity.
Constructing a Printed-Circuit Board Quiz Game Project
Constructing and playing with this printed-circuit board game gives students excellent knowledge of the functions of various electronic components and the PCB as the platform on which they operate.
Current-Measuring-Skills Tester
Don't blow a fuse! This easy-to-make modified breadboard accurately tests students' current-measuring skills--while protecting your lab's multimeters. Student test handout included.
Electric Power: Decisions for the Future
Extensive background on the use of electricity in the U.S., plus an experiment for individual students related to personal electricity use and strategies for conservation.
Electronic Ear
With a few basic electronic components and a standard earphone, students explore the principles of sound amplification.
Electronics Technology Design Project
This capstone project for advanced vocational or technical school electronics students allows them to apply their understanding of DC and AC theory, analog and digital techniques and switching, overload protection and basic assembly procedures on a practical take-home project.
Emergency Electric Candle
After introductory material on basic electricity, students construct a simple light using a metal or plastic tube, a xenon bulb, two AA batteries, and a switch.
Fiber Optics: The Firefly Communicator
Using simple components that include a battery, light-emitting diode, momentary switch and fiber optic cable, students build an LED communication transmitter.
Information Storage and Retrieval: A Mechanical Database
Students learn the principles of computerized information storage and retrieval through a very inexpensive activity that uses index cards and segments of wire hangers.
Lawn Mower Electronic Shutoff
Teaching students how to safely maneuver riding lawnmowers is a critical task, especially when one comes barreling down at you! This electronics project for high school students transforms a simple garage-door opener into a remote control safety shutoff for runaway mowers. Includes schematic and circuit board.
Introduction to Microchips
Constructing an inexpensive LED (light-emitting diode) paperweight introduces the fundamental operating characteristics of the 555 integrated-circuit microchip.
Lab-Built
BJT Checker
Students or instructors can build this handy BJT checker that
lets them check the operation of a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) at the
proto-board stage.
Lab-Built
Op-Amp Checker
Whether you are a student or an instructor, this handy op-amp
checker can be of great use to you. It will allow you to check op-amps (operational
amplifiers) at the proto-board stage, and, with a little experience, you will
be able to estimate slew rates.
Mini
Transmitter
With a few easy-to-obtain
electronic components, students make a transmitter that will broadcast a pulsating
signal on a nearby FM radio.
Miniature Seesaw Project
Teaches Basic Electricity and Magnetism. Students build an electrically-operated seesaw that serves as an excellent model for visualizing magnetic repulsion and also helps with understanding the left-hand rule of current flow.
Music-Controlled
Lights
Motivate your students with this very cool light organ project!
This electronic system causes lights to flicker at the sound of music or other
audio input—think of the color-lights displays at 1970s rock concerts!
“Pitching” Video Games
Teams of students develop a concept for a video game, and then create a “pitch” for it, a presentation to convince a panel of judges that their concept should be chosen to develop into a functioning game.
Stop and Go Vehicle
Introduce electronic switching circuits by constructing a small robot-like electronic vehicle that runs quickly along the floor and stops, then goes again. Includes detailed background on the field of robotics, review questions, and a teacher’s guide.
Teacher-Built Controls Trainer
This very affordable, compact industrial controls trainer gives students experience with the actual hardware they can expect to encounter in industry
Transportation Signals
Background on the many types of signals used in transportation, along with plans and schematics for four model signaling devices that students can make: traffic stoplight, train crossing guard, ambulance light and semaphore message light. Plus instructions for a semaphore maze game.
Up
Periscope
Students learn about buoyancy, propulsion, and control systems
in the course of designing, constructing, and testing a submarine that uses
PVC pipe and a basic dc switching circuit. High school level.
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Windows
OS Troubleshooting
Applicable for Windows
2000 and XP, this project allows students to apply their knowledge of Windows
OS problems using real-life scenarios and helps them improve their troubleshooting
skills.
Subject Codes:
- A — Applied Academics
- B — Building Trades / Construction
- C— Communication
- D — Drafting / Design / CAD
- E — Electricity / Electronics / Computer Technology
- G — Grading / Assessment
- M — Manufacturing
- PE — Power / Energy
- P — Problem Solving / Pre-Engineering
- S — Great for Substitutes
- T — Transportation
- W — Woodworking
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