Paper Circuit Card

For this project we made a simple circuit that turned on a led light with a battery pack and switch. We started by making the simple version with a clip to make sure it worked. We did this by making two L shaped perimeters of copper tape, one for the negative and one for the positive leg of the led to be soldering to . Once that was in place the battery was held in place by folding the positive flap on top and securing it with a clip. After that worked well we cut out a battery back design and folded it with copper tape ‘legs’ that touched and neatly held the battery. Next, was making a switch to turn the light on and off. This was done by making a cut on one of the tape L’s and putting copper tape on a flap of paper that would connect when touched together turning the light on. I really enjoyed doing this project and think it would be a really fun and an easy introduction for teaching kids about simple led circuits that they could easily include in whatever they wanted in their art. I really enjoyed making this and was really excited seeing it work.