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Lightbulb Project
Printable instructionsInstruction card, PDF
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- Purple conductive dough
- Yellow conductive dough
- White insulating dough
- 1 LED
- Battery holder with 4 AA batteries
Steps
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Make the outside of the bulb: roll a piece of purple dough until it is long enough to make the bulb shape.
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Make the base of the bulb with small pieces of purple dough to close the open end of the bulb shape.
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Make the filament from yellow dough and white insulating dough. Make sure the yellow pieces only touch the white dough.
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Push the short leg of the LED into the yellow piece on the left and the long leg into the yellow piece on the right.
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Push the battery holder's red wire into the yellow piece on the right and the black wire into the yellow piece on the left. Turn on the battery holder to light up your light bulb!