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Ananda Knight and Sarybel Melendez

Posted by Ananda Knight in Physics - Echols on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 9:21 am

Artist statement
When we first got our project we thought about music and decided that we wanted our sculpture to represent something that had to do with the music we like/love. We wanted to try and make the circuit and the sculpture different and unique by making the lights go on and off from the Cd we choose doing its normal gestures. The CD represents us well because we both like music a lot.

Zaria Linton Artist Statement

Posted by Zaria Fortson-Linton in Physics - Echols on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 9:16 am

I came up with the idea of lighting up a note book cover because writing is something that I enjoy doing, and when I’m older, I plan on becoming a writer. When it came to the color scheme, I just choose colors that fit who I am. I didn’t want to over work myself by choosing so many lights, so I chose to work with 6 and they are in a parallel series.

MCard KMoody Physics Benchmark

Posted by Martez Card in Physics - Echols on Monday, November 19, 2012 at 9:16 am

For our physics project me and keith used the american flag. We decided to use 8 light bulbs but to get to this number took some time, because we wanted to originally use 23 light bulbs but we were told that, that would be to many light bulbs. Next we thought about using 16 light bulbs and that was still thought to be too many light bulbs so then we finally got down to a grand total of using 8 light bulbs. After we got the amount of light bulbs we used we were trying to figure out how we were going to align the light bulbs to where they would light up but also look nice, neat and organized as well. Then we chose the colors for our light bulbs and since we did the american flag we chose the colors red, white and blue.

Ahinson Artist statement

Posted by Abou Hinson in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 11:09 pm

When i heard about this project I immediately thought to light up one of my hats. The reason i choose to do a Cowboys hat is because this is a Eagles city. I thought that my favorite team doesn't always get enough "shine" in Philadelphia. Originally i wanted to put the lights on top of the brim of the hat so the light shines on the brim but i came across a few problems. For one i didn't know how to make the holes. The material was too soft to drill, but if i just cut it the holes wouldn't be the correct shape. I decided to put the lights through the pre made holes at the top of the hat. I also wanted to have blue and white mixed lights but because of errors with my blue lights i ended up using my favorite color, red. My over all choice to choose this hat wasn't so much my love for headwear, but my interest in sports.

Physics Circuit Project by Goldie Robins and Jessica Maiorano

Posted by Jessica Maiorano in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 10:09 pm

Artist Statement

The reason our circuit project is on a Philadelphia Marathon poster because the Marathon is November 18th 2012 and we our participating in it by running the half marathon and the full marathon. We decided to make the poster big because it reminds us of the posters that people on the sidelines hold up while we run. The blue and green lights that are on our poster represent Students Run Philly Style. Students Run Philly Style is a program that train teenagers, like us to prepare for the marathon. The red lights represent the color in the Philadelphia Marathon logo. While running the half marathon/ marathon one feels like a star so we placed the lights on the middle of the stars. The sneakers one wears are the foundation of running and the main part of training so we wanted to light it up to show the importance and significance of the shoe. A circuit is, a complete and closed path around which circulating electric current can flow. Our project is made up of a three parallel branch circuit that each branch consists of three light bulbs. The reason behind making a parallel circuit is because we wanted to make the light bulbs all the same brightness and last longer. The voltage drop in each branch is the same because each light bulb has ≈ the same resistance.

"Box Of Dreams" Artist Statement

Posted by Maria-Carolina Latorre-Socas in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 8:38 pm

Artist Statement:

I had my idea really fast, but it's wasn't as easy as others might have thought. I call this my "Box Of Dreams". I had many reason to call it that but the major one is that it represents me a lot. It shows my artistic side, and a few things that I care a lot about in my life. This also has music that goes it. It was very fun to make it. I really liked doing it.
I first started with the idea I want for this project. I had a lot of ideas that came into my head, but I had to make something that would represent me. So I picked the idea of a music box because I love music and I can show my artistic ways better with this idea. So when the idea was set I had to think of a way that I can involve a circuit. We had learn a lot about parallel/series circuit. I was only going to have 4 bulbs in my circuit so a parallel wouldn't work for me. So I made it into a series circuit. I build my circuit and then started constructing it into my music box. I had a switch installed into the circuit.

Circuits Experiment Artist statement Tyler Creighton

Posted by Tyler Creighton in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 7:00 pm

Almost every year since I was 4 I have been dancing. From jazz, to tapp, to ballet , hip-hop,african,moden, lyrical contemporary, and even gymnastics.It began to become to difficult to fit dance in my agenda now that I I am in high school but some how I have found a way. I learned that not every genre is the same but with the techniques you will be able to master all of them very simply.Incorporating my everyday life into projects has always been fun and enjoyable simply because i am able to express myself through something so little.I chose to use a ballerina as my base(foundation). Ballet has slowly became my favorite genre. It works you the hardest and is the most strict genre out of the many I have done. When I saw my ballerina I knew it was so ! I thought about how when you think about a ballerina you think about her shoes and tutu. So I decided to make those glow. I thought about it as even when its dark a ballerina can still glow.

I started my process by sketching my circuit diagram on paper and marking the ballerina where I wanted to add my circuits and my bulbs.My circuit diagram ended up being three bulbs in a series. After that I made tiny holes and connected all of my wires with each other. The hardest parts of this whole process were finding the right calculations and finding a switch that worked with my circuit. After building this circuit and a lot of hard work the viewers will be able to just hit the switch and Tadaaa there ya go tinker bell ;)

Here is the link to access my essay . And work.
https://docs.google.com/a/scienceleadership.org/document/d/1SkqyY9CuKN9wZ67Fea86CvUFre6qoufynLY8ampUxQ4/edit

Saber Entertainment: Sean McAnich and Antonio Reveron

Posted by Antonio Reveron in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 6:32 pm

Artist Statement

This idea was Sean's. Sean started a business idea primarily about videogames. This company came to be known as Saber Entertainment. I happened to join Saber as my ILP, and it has been great. The business has potential. Now back to the matter at hand. Sean proposed that we would make the Saber Entertainment logo for the project. The Saber Entertainment logo is a shield with SE on the front and two sabers crossed behind it. Sabers are curved, bulky swords, just in case people needed to know what a saber is.

Now, it's time to go into detail of what Sean proposed. We would have three bulbs, two at the ends of each hilt (the end of a sword), and a bulb up top, in the middle. Thus, we made a parallel circuit. We would cut two holes, and have two wires at perfect distance to match up with the 9-volt battery. We would then make a key with a 9-volt battery in it. The key would have SE at the end of it. We put the battery in the key, the key will have wires, and when the wires touch the wires in the shield, they will light up. However, due to time, we had to make just the shield. We scratched the sabers and the SE at the end of the key. So I could say the hardest thing that happened to us was to build the thing before the one week we had to build was up. It still works. Saber!!! (The key was not finished just yet in the picture.)

Twinkle Toes

Posted by Cameron Klales in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 4:23 pm

It was hard to make a physics project that related to me, but I ultimately went with light up shoes. I used to wear the gimmicky blinking shoes you could get at famous footwear, and probably still would if they came is my shoe size. I thought it would be fun to make a pair using circuitry and electrical lights. I am also pace when I need to think so it made sense to put light bulbs on my feet. (like the kind that pop up in cartoons when someone gets an idea.) Ultimately though, I just find the idea of something lighting up when I walk entertaining.
When I designed them, I wanted the toes to be a switch. I didn’t have any particular reason for this I just thought it would be cool. It was the first thing that came to mind when the project was mentioned. It did limit the design of my circuit to a point though, I originally wanted to do parallel circuits, but I had to change it to a series circuit so that it would fit.

Frisbee Artist Statement

Posted by Ellen To in Physics - Echols on Friday, November 16, 2012 at 2:32 pm

Artist Statement:

Last Spring, I played for my school’s ultimate Frisbee team and that was one of the best team sports I have ever played on. I am not really a big fan of team sports but my school’s Ultimate Frisbee team really changed that perspective. I learned that not all sports are the same. I always like incorporating my life in my projects so for the Physics Circuit Project; I chose to use a Frisbee as my foundation. When incorporating my partner’s interests, we chose use orange tape because my partner’s favorite color is orange. We both really like the sport that we play outside of school and we wanted to show to the viewers that it is important to stay active…whether it is in a school gym or outside of school. I knew that I wanted the rim of the Frisbee to light up so the players could play the Frisbee at night and not have any trouble finding it when it was lit up. The Frisbee would also look really cool in the air at night or in the dark. I also wanted to make the Frisbee as convenient and functional as possible.
I started my process by drawing out the circuit diagram for the inside of my Frisbee. In the end, my circuit diagram is in two different sets of series that are parallel to each other. After that, my partner and I drew out the schematics, drilled the holes, and connected the wires to the bulbs and battery. The hardest parts of this whole process were finding the right calculations and finding a switch that worked with our circuit when it was in motion. From this new and improved Frisbee, my partner and I want the viewers and users of the Frisbee to look at the circuit and see the difference in the bulb brightness because of the way they are placed. We also want the viewers and users of the Frisbee to try out our Frisbee and see if it works…but be careful because the bulbs can break!

Below are pictures of my frisbee.