Comments on: Hanukkah STEM: Paper Circuit Menorah

By: Tamar Livnat Arieh

Tamar Livnat Arieh — Sat, 20 Nov 2021 22:39:24 +0000

We did it with 7th grade group and it worked great! They made their own design. Straight lines are easier.
Thanks for sharing this

By: Erin

Erin — Sat, 06 Nov 2021 17:14:02 +0000

In reply to Emily. You have to make sure that you have the polarity of the lightbulbs set up correctly. If they don't light up, turn them 180 degrees and reattach. I figured this out through hours of trial and error! The battery has more than enough power to light the bulbs! Anything more powerful will burn the bulbs out. I know, because I tried a 9V battery, they lit up bright for a moment, and then went out, with a telltale burning smell!

By: edtechjay

edtechjay — Sat, 05 Dec 2020 15:14:46 +0000

Cannot find the menorah printable. My daughter is really excited to try this with me.

By: shirley

shirley — Tue, 24 Dec 2019 03:07:54 +0000

In reply to Emily. you could put two batteries together, that will double the voltage. that might work.

By: Emily

Emily — Wed, 11 Dec 2019 17:08:09 +0000

Love this idea but it didn’t work out as planned. 3v lithium batteries didn’t seem to be enough to light up 8 diodes. (Maybe I bought an off brand but these products seem to be standard.) After two nights and about six different attempts (one, two, three different circuits and different menorah formations) I found that some lights would work and some would just flicker and some wouldn’t light up at all. Maybe it’s human error but for the life of me I couldn’t get it to work, so I knew it would be too frustrating to do with children. Would love to see this craft reworked or updated or clarified so that we could try it next year.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sun, 03 Dec 2017 19:05:15 +0000

How much copper tape is used for this project? I am trying to determine how much tape is needed for 22 students.