Vocabulary Terms:
Circuit: a loop of conducive material from the positive to the negative side of a power source Resistance: measure of how much current is slowed/how many obstacles Current: flow of electricity through a circuit Voltage: potential energy drop across a component of a circuit Power: rate at which electrical energy is translated by circuit The picture to the left is our breadboard that Sophia and I set up. It was a lot harder that the Arduino, because it couldn't tell you if you had errors, it just wouldn't work.
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Our Arduino Coding
For our Arduino project, my partner and I first decided to program a game of Red Light Green Light, but could only get one light to work when we pressed the button. This was a long process and took a lot of strenuous work learning a new language.
Reflection
I really thought this project taught me a lot. I practically learned a whole new language, and I really worked hard to get our end product. The hardest part was trying to just figure out what to do. We couldn't decide for a while because our coding just wouldn't work, so we didn't fully start until about a week in. As soon as we figured out what we were going to do, it was pretty easy from there. Another hardship was our computer. We had thought that we were signed in on Sophia's account, but it turns out the whole time we were on admin. We realized this a while in, after we had started over twice because we couldn't find our work. After that, we stayed on admin. A good part of the project was finding our jokes. My whole table group was helping me think of bad jokes and we all laughed a lot. We also made our class laugh when we presented. Another fun part of this was showing our project. I was really proud that we accomplished it, and I had a really fun time doing it.