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Students chose a constellation and designed a display box that lights up to reveal its star pattern.
Laser Cutter
Vinyl Cutter
Electronics: simple circuitry, switches, and wire connections
Students wired LED lights and a toggle switch in parallel and powered it using a 3V coin cell battery. Reflective material, such as tin foil, was also used to enhance the brightness of the light emitted. In one version, the stars of the constellations are lit from one light source (a bundle of LEDs assembled with wire nuts - no soldering), in the other each star has its own LED element.
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