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A Shocking Action Project

    This is an Action Project for my core class Urban Planning. This unit was all about electricity and how it works in circuits, housing, and other appliances. We learned that there were two main circuit types, AC (alternating current) and DC (direct current). We each got our own circuit kits where we made different circuits. Parallel and series circuits are some of the main circuits we focused on this unit. We were able to find the amount of voltage in one circuit using Ohm’s law. For this Action Project, we were tasked with creating a circuit that goes in a sustainable house and also how we can use the resistors of the circuit and transform them into some sort of power saving appliance. Below is an image of the circuit as a diagram and a picture before the circuit was placed into a cardboard housing frame.


CJH/Circuit/2021
   

    Below I have provided an image of my circuit with the frame. I am using the resistors (lights) as a windmill to power my sustainable house, a motion sensor light to save power, and a switch that makes the light dimmer/lighter. The light on the top of the frame is the windmill, the light that is up and to the left is the motion sensor, and the light lower right is the light adjusting switch. This is a great way to connect the house I created to the 7th Sustainable Development Goal because this is a way to create affordable and reliable modern power to the house.


CJH/Circuit Frame/2021

CJH/Circuit Diagram/2021


This whole project has been a very interesting experience and has made me think about electricity in other technology. It has also been a very cool project since I was able to create my own circuit from scratch. I struggled with making my frame because I was a little confused on how I needed to create it. Eventually I was able to complete it by looking at examples and I used those to complete my frame.

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