Materials List:
Light Up Your Machines with Biomimicry!
https://www.teachengineering.org/activities/view/rice-2641-light-up-machines-building-fluorescent-prototype
Each group needs:
- either 1 STEM kit (such as those found here, here, or here to create a car, lamp, plane, Ferris wheel, or boat); OR various materials including:
- cardboard boxes
- Popsicle sticks
- wooden skewers
- rubber bands
- plastic water bottles
- Styrofoam pieces
- small wooden wheels
- batteries (9v or AA)
- battery holders (for 9v or AA)
- copper wires
- LED/penlight bulbs
- electrical tape
- masking tape
- DC motor
- glue gun/glue sticks
- switches
- laptop/cellphone for documentation
- index card for each student
- pen or pencil for each student
- Playing with Energy Student Worksheet (one for each group)
For the entire class to share:
- glow-in-the-dark paint
- UV beads
- fluorescent tape
- black light
- laptop/tablet
- projector (to present PowerPoint presentation)