Paperlectrics

In Paperlectrics students gain a basic understanding of electricity and electronics in a hands on approach. By “drawing” the circuits on paper they directly experience the impact of circuits properties on the outcome. After they got familiar with the basics Paperlectrics allows the students to design new circuits according their ideas, thus fostering not only understanding für science and technologies, but also for arts.

Highlights

  • Understand the basics of Electricity and electronics
  • Create paper based electrical circuits

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Course details

To survive in our modern world, a basic understanding of electricity and electronics is essential. But electricity is a complex and abstract matter, so many people have difficulty understanding it. Paperlectrics is a concept to explore the fascinating world of electricity in an intuitive, hands-on-oriented approach at very low cost. The learner creates electrical circuits with the help of a sheet of paper, a pencil, and a simple light-emitting diode (LED). By drawing the circuit, the learner gains direct experience in what influences the characteristics of a circuit; he/she can include their creative ideas, and it is a lot of fun!

Upon completion of the STEM Paperelectric course, students will be able to:

  • Create Basic circuit with paper and pencil
  • Create simple Control circuit
  • Create Logic circuits
  • Understand and explain Ohm’s law and resistance
  • Understand and apply Color mixing with RGB LEDs
  • Measure with a multimeter
  • Understand circuits with a Capacitor
  • Understand Magnetic field of an energized coil
  • Create a loudspeaker Sound generation

STEM Connections

Sience, Technology, Engineering, Math

Science

  • Electricity, Ohm’s Law
  • Magnetic fields

Technology

  • Electric and Electronic Components (Resistor, Capacitor, cables, switches, LED, loudspeaker)
  • Basic electric circuits

Engineering

  • Create and test electric and electronic circuits
  • Measurements with Multimeter

Math

  • Logical functions

Course Material

Equipment and Supplies