Electronics
Posted By pamelamyers on September 25, 2016
It’s time to experiment! Sam has been busting at the seams to get moving on her electronics and she and Mark finally did. Sam has her safety goggles and her tools and is ready to go!
Zach came to help, but I’m not sure cats and electronics mix…
It actually surprised me how well Sam paid attention and figured out what to do. She had to place tiny little wires and things into very specific holes in order for the projects to work, and she did it. She really paid attention to Mark and did what needed to be done.
Their first project was making a light bulb light. It worked!
After each project, Mark made Sam draw out the schematics so that she could really understand how it worked. She did a great job! They did multiple projects with the bulb, making it light dimmer or higher, etc. Once, Mark was not home and Sam wanted to show me how to do the different things. I told her not to touch it because she would mess it up. She insisted she knew what to do. Sure enough, she did! She lit the bulb dimly, moved some wires around, and voila! The bulb was bright. Who knew?
Later that day we got to work on her Ghostbusters Lego car, her present from Pop Pop. Mark and I are so glad that Sam really likes these kinds of projects. Maybe one day she will be an engineer!
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