Summary
Clothing meets circuits: the SciGirls sew tiny lights and sensors into wearable designs and troubleshoot the electrical path when a light refuses to come on.
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Ages 7+
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Full episode (28 min) from SciGirls, season 1.
- What has to be true for the light in a circuit to turn on?
- How did the girls find the problem when a design didn't work?
- What is one job you would want your clothes to do?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: circuit, current, conductive, troubleshoot.
Try it: Draw a complete circuit with a battery, a wire path and one light. Mark the spot where a break would shut it off.