These are the series and parallel circuits my group and I made. We used LEDs as a light source, aluminum foil as a conductive to make a path for the current, a battery as the load, finally a brad as a switch to turn our circuits on (closed circuit) and off (open circuit). On the farthest side of the folder we made multiple paths for the current to flow through (a parallel circuit) and on the other sides we made only one path for the current to flow though (series circuit). Something significant I learned while making this is how the components of a cirucit come together and how creative you can get with the structure of the circuit as long as you have the right parts. It was a fun process and a great hands on way of learning about circuits.

For the 2022 Lantern Parade we we're challenged to make laterns based on a scientist of our choice. I choose Dian Fossey, a primatologist and conservationist known for her extensive reserach on moutain gorillas. To make our lantern we had to first, design the sides of our lantern. To do this we had to insert a SVG photo of our scientist into a program called Inkscape and get it laser printed. Then, we had to connect our wooden parts with gorilla glue and entangle LED lights within it. This was a fun project and a nice way to incorperate STEM into this unit.