Football Project
Printable instructionsInstruction card, PDF
Download PDFWhat you need
- Yellow conductive dough
- Green conductive dough
- Orange conductive dough
- Blue conductive dough
- White insulating dough
- Buzzer
- Battery holder with 4 AA batteries
Steps
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Start with the goalpost. Roll out four pieces of yellow dough: two long pieces the same size, one medium piece and one small piece. Attach one long piece to each end of the medium piece. Then attach the small piece to the middle of the medium piece.
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To make the football field, roll out a long piece of green dough and attach it to the bottom of the goalpost.
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To make brown dough for the football, knead a pinch of blue dough into a ball of orange dough until it is a solid brown. Roll a long, thin piece of white insulating dough and break it into four small pieces for the laces. Place the laces on the football.
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Push the buzzer's red wire into the right side of the football and its black wire into the bottom of the goalpost. Push the battery holder's red wire into the left side of the football and its black wire into the field.
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Turn on the battery holder to start the buzzer. Score! If the football touches the goalpost, the buzzer turns off.