July 27, 2026

Category: Electricity & Circuitry

A Mind Wide Open, CDE Standards Reference, Creative Solution Generation, Economics, Electricity & Circuitry, Engineering, History, How We Learn Best, Imagination, Lils

Because it Will Make Things Easier

  We’re learning about historical inventions.  I asked her why inventions and inventing stuff mattered… “Because it makes things easier.” Over the next few months, we’ll explore in depth, the various inventions in this book, as well as others she happens to find intriguing/asks about.  

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LED Robots
A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Confidence, Construction, Creative Solution Generation, Developing Self, Earth Science, Electricity & Circuitry, Engineering, Fine Motor Skills, Imagination, Knowledge Base Expansion, Lils, Physics, Science Discoveries

LED Robots

Today we built two robots and gave them sight!  Lily worked on this project as her first project selection from her Tinkercrate and we had a great experience. She and I read through the directions, she assembled the components, and we set to work placing resistors, LED’s, and copper taping in a pattern on a printed […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Archaeology, Atomical Explorations, Beautiful Curiosity, Chemistry, Electricity & Circuitry, Forming Complex Questions, History, Lils, Physics, Science Discoveries, States of Matter, Theoretical Physics

Circuitry, Electrons, Atoms, and Catfish

A post under development – as we work through her Tinkercrate (Circuits) this week: Today we read through the Tinkerzine, learning about the basics of electrons, the concepts of particles within an atom, the structure and concept of an atom, how electrons behave, the difference between a particle, an atom, and a molecule, and discovered […]

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A Mind Wide Open, Beautiful Curiosity, CDE Standards Reference, Chemistry, Construction, Electricity & Circuitry, Knowledge Base Expansion, Lils, Physics

Complete Circuits

This morning, Lils and I had the privilege of learning about circuitry, physics, chemistry, and engineering as it relates to batteries.  We love it when such specific opportunities present themselves, and take full advantage to learn and explore. We bought a set of little LED candle/lanterns and have begun supplying batteries and setting them up. […]

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