By: Melissa Nored

Melissa Nored — Thu, 06 Oct 2022 15:05:24 +0000

About how long would the “houses” stay lit?

By: Antonia

Antonia — Tue, 07 Dec 2021 12:48:22 +0000

Thank you!

By: jonathan sheehy

jonathan sheehy — Wed, 16 Dec 2020 19:44:09 +0000

love it

By: Rebecca Lunceford

Rebecca Lunceford — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 16:33:13 +0000

So. . . I have been wanting to do this for a few years now and I decided that this was the year. I teach 1st grade and this year my class is small–24. I have learned a few things to prep with my little friends. 1) Figure out in advance where you want to put the circuit, then fold the top of the bag so that the students don’t draw above this line. Do not put the circuit on first because if students make a mistake then the copper circuit is wasted. 2) My students needed a little step by step of how to make a house with the bag so do a model with them and then set them to it. 3) Teach them how to cut out the windows and doors. A few of mine could once I showed them how and then they helped everyone else. 4. Have the class do a whole class activity or gonoodle for a while and then take a small group to put the circuit together. I did the copper circuit after school on each finished bag. Then the next day, I showed the small groups how to put in the lightbulb and put it on the copper wire–they did this themselves. They opened the battery. To tape the battery I made a tape donut of the copper wire and it holds fine, this is also a good idea to help move the battery in place if needed. Then we folded the bag and paper clipped it. This did take 2 1/2 sessions to complete (making the house, and adding the circuit–total an 1 hour and 30 min. max.–not including the putting on the circuit after school). Would I do it again? Yes. Definitely! Why? because this is a very forgiving, cool project. The copper wire is not as difficult to work with as I thought. If the circuit wasn’t long enough or in the right place I just added more copper tape and carefully moved it over. No big deal. Also, I had students want to add extra winter details after their house was made and it didn’t harm the circuit at all.They used crayons and markers. I did this by myself with my students. Yes, extra adult hands would have been wonderful, but there are not that many parent volunteers at my school. So, if you are thinking that you would never do this with a young class, I hope this helps you.

By: karen

karen — Fri, 13 Dec 2019 22:00:36 +0000

Love this project idea! Will be doing it in 5th grade STEAM. Note that the link to the lithium batteries goes to something else.

By: zeena fruchter

zeena fruchter — Mon, 24 Dec 2018 10:40:48 +0000