Starry Night

ACCELERATED PHYSICS FINAL PROJECT

BY
Nutchanon
Nichaporn
Witchayut
Vanessa
 Background
An electric circuit is a path in which electrons from a power
source flow through. The point where those electrons enter an electrical
circuit is called the "source" of electrons. The point where the electrons
leave an electrical circuit is called the "ground". Circuits can be classified
into three different types: simple circuit, series circuit, and parallel circuit.
A simple circuit is a closed path composed of a power source (battery),
wires, and a resistor (light bulb) connected together. A series circuit is
occupied with more than one resistors in which the current flows in only
one path making all components carry the same amount of current and
will stop function if the path is incomplete. The components in parallel
circuits are similar to those in series circuit but the current flows in
multiple paths so other the paths can still be operated even if there is
an incomplete path.
 Introduction
In our bedroom, there are many electric device that run by the
electricity. Our group decide to create a bedroom, in order to
understand how does the circuit system work in real life propose. In
our bedroom, we will create a lightning system, fan and other
decoration. Fist the fan are create by using a motor. We will connect
the motor through the wire and connect it to the switch and the
battery. First the energy from the chemical reaction are convert to the
electrical energy and come out of the cathode side to the anode side.
The current will move through wire and the wire in the motor. Inside
the motor their are the magnetic field create by a north magnet on
the left and south magnet on the right. The current that move cross
the magnetic field will create a magnetic force. Magnetic force equal
current multiply by the the wire length and cross product with the
 Introduction
Hence, this force create a rotational movement. So from the chemical
energy in the battery convert to electrical energy and the electrical
energy transformed to mechanical energy. Also we need to perform a
soldering in order to connect the wire through the battery motor and
switch. We connect the the switch by take the wire from the battery
and the wire from the motor put inside the switch and connect the
wire from the motor and the battery outside the switch. We connect it
in the series circuit system because we only have one resistor which is
the motor. Lastly we solder all the lightning system together and
connect it to the switch and connect the switch to the battery. We
connect each light together in the parallel circuit system because in
parallel the voltage is equal.
Objectives
- To create a model that will demonstrate
physics concept about circuits so that it would
be useful for class demonstration.
- To add on to the idea of UV lights and
invisible ink on the decoration for the model.
Physics Concept
- The motor and the light bulb represent as the resistor.
- The battery represent as the energy source.
- In this project we have both parallel and series circuit.
- The motor function is to transform the electrical energy to
mechanical energy. Inside the motor, there is a magnet which it
create a magnetic field. Therefore when there is a current pass
across the magnetic field, there will be a magnetic force. That
makes the fan blade can move.
- The switch job is to turn the circuit system on and off.
Design
At first, we decided to make a
dinning room consisted of
chandelier, but we changed our
mind and decided to make
bedroom instead.
Design
After we can decide which room
are we going to make, we decided
to create a room consisted of two
types of lights and separate them
into two switches. We also added
fan to link with another physics
concept.
Materials
5 wooden boards A4 Papers 26 UV LED
lights
1 yellow light 3 switches Wires
Pieces of Cloth Cotton Sponge
12 Batteries 3 Battery covers Flowers
Motor Fan Blade Cardboard
CD Clear Cover Solder
Equipment
ฎๆี
Color pencils Black & White Spray
Color
Black Marker Super Glue
Glue gun Scissor
Cutter Invisible Ink
Soldering iron
Set
ฎๆี up
TOP
Set
ฎๆี up
FRONT
Set
ฎๆี up
SIDE
Procedure
1. Cut some of the wooden boards into pieces for the furniture
such as the bed, the 2. wardrobe, the desk and the fan base.
3. Spray all the pieces with black and white spray color.
4. Use pieces of cloth stuffed with cottons to make pillows and
stuffed with sponge to make the mattress.
5. Create decorations for the room such as picture and mosaic
frames, laptop, and flower vase using A4 paper and colors.
6. Construct the room with 4 big wooden boards.
7. Build the furniture using the small wooden pieces we cut.
Procedure
Procedure
8. Decorate the desk with the vase and flowers we made.
9. Assemble a fan by attaching the blade with the motor and put it onto
the wooden base.
10. Punch holes on the top wooden boards for the UV LED lights and the
yellow light.
11. Build 3 separated circuits: one for the fan, one for the UV LEDs, and
one for the yellow light.
Connect the components like the motor and the light bulbs to their
switch and batteries.
12. Attach the furniture and decorations with glue gun.
13. Draw pictures on the floor, the walls, the wardrobe, and the
headboard of the bed.
Final Product
Final Product
Data
Analysis of Data
As the data shows, our group confronted many problem
such as the short circuit that caused the light to burn out, the
motor turbine that didn’t connect to the metal rod very well and
the confusion of how to connect the switch to make it work. We all
as a group discussed and tried to figure out together how to solve
these problems occurred. We learned many things from doing this
project due to these failures. It was a lesson that would make us
know and remember how to solve this problem if it occur in our
life again.
Conclusion
The project was done successfully. We finished it in time
and it came out as what we planned at first. There were some
problems with the lights because some of them weren’t working.
In addition, we didn’t have some materials and tools, so we
need to go out and buy them. We were able to show the
concept of electric circuit in a way that is not boring. We
constructed many trials and caused some errors but it eventually
turned out quite well. Still, there are some issues such as the
voltage of the batteries that didn’t match exactly with the
connected lights which can cause the lights to burn out.
Recommendation
If we have a chance to redo this again, it will be better to
prepare all of the materials and equipment so that we can spend
time wisely when we have a work day at school. Also, we should
calculate the voltage of the resistance first in order to buy a
correct amount of batteries.
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