Throughout this unit, we've been working with electricity. At first, we worked with circuits and wires, and after that we worked on designing our own circuit. A circuit is made up of electrically conducted material. It's connecting one end of a power source (+) to the other (-) and a closed/connected loop/series, and we learned about everything that makes up a circuit. For the last part of our unit, we worked on a project called "Power Novato." We researched the use of power at San Marin and figured out how to change it to solar energy.
Power Novato
Content
Circuit- a complete loop of conductive materials from one side of a power source (+) to the other (-)
Voltage- the potential energy difference across a component in a circuit (equation: V=ir)
Current- the flow of charge through a circuit
Resistance- the amount the current is slowed or resisted through a component of a circuit
Series- a circuit where currents must run through all components, one after another
Parallel- two or more pathways that current can "choose" to run through
Power- the rate at which electrical energy is transferred
Breadboard- units for making temporary circuits and prototyping
Arduino- open-source electronics platform or board and the software used to program it
Reflection
This project was very interesting, but coding and copying down codes was very challenging for me. This wasn't one of my favorite projects, but I wish I understood it better. Towards the end of the project, it was harder when we had to code our own circuit, but I think my group did well on it. On this project, I could have shown more cooperation and leadership than I did, but overall I did enjoy the project and I learned a lot from it.