Saturday, October 19, 2024
Do you like trivia? We sure do! Jump into this electrifying engineering session and build your own electronic quiz board! Explore electrical circuits and test your friends with your quiz-tastic creation!
Time
Ages 7-11: 8 am PT • 9 am MT • 10 am CT • 11 am ET • 12 pm AT
Ages 11-17: 10 am PT • 11 am MT • 12 pm CT • 1 pm ET • 2 pm AT
Materials and Preparation
- 1x piece of white card stock A4 paper (a piece of thin cardboard like a front or back of a cereal box or a regular piece of A4 paper is ok too)
- Hole punch
- Ruler
- Pencil
- Aluminum foil
- 4x medium paper clips (metal, not coated)
- 1x D battery (C battery or two AA (double A) batteries will also work – these can be found at Dollarama, Walmart, or Canadian Tire)
- Electrical tape (this can be found at Dollarama, Walmart, or Canadian Tire)
- Scissors
- 2x small holiday light bulbs (Holiday lights work the best as the plastic can be removed easily to reveal the tiny wires needed to complete a circuit – strands of holiday lights can be found at Dollarama in their Christmas/Halloween decorations aisle for between $3-5/strand. Strand normally comes with 2 spare bulbs, which would be the ones to use for the activity. See the options below. The rounded LED variety or fairy light variety will not work.)
Meet the Expert
Rhiannon Vu
Rhiannon is a 4th year Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering student at McMaster University and is the Co-Vice President of Outreach for the Women in Engineering Society.
Shelby Tse
Shelby is a 3rd year Electrical and Biomedical Engineering student at McMaster University and is the Co-Vice President of Outreach for the Women in Engineering Society.
This programming was developed by Sydney Brooks and Mikaela Moore.
