Art Electric!

Project Description

The project was to use a box to portray a character trait. You had to use at least five light, a extra flair, and a working button or switch.

Process

My art piece conveyed the character trait "bright." I expressed the trait by putting on each side of the box something that I thought proteins to my trait. Inside my box I have my lights set up in a parallel circuit, three at the top and two at the bottom. I also have a button and a motor. The button activates the lights, and the motor, and only works when held down. The motor spins the sun on one side of the box. The button is located in the left hand bottom corner of the box. I have a triangle cut out on one side so people can see how i set up the circuitry. When I started setting up my circuits i had to strip all the single wires, and the lights wires. I connected the wire that was on the battery holder to the button, and the other wire to the light so that the button would be able to activate all the lights. I then connected the bottom light wire to the top light, and the top light to the light in the middle, and the middle light to the far right light, and that light to the bottom one. I then had to find a way to connect the motor into this circuit. So I stripped the motors wire and connected it to one of the lights wire in the middle.

Recap/Reflection

When I revised my drafts it helped me see where I needed to change things.

When someone peer revised my work and said i should improve something it kind of messed up my flow.

I learned a lot of new things while doing this project. I learned how to set up parallel, and series circuits, strip wire, and a lot more.

Sometime my lights or motor wouldn't come on, but I would just have to wiggle the wire a bit or twist them together more.

I know for sure that if someone every asks me to set up a circuit it'll be able to set it up.

I would pick a different trait to portray, because somethings didn't work out how i planned they would go.