Innovations & Ideas for Young Minds
Project Overview
In this Dancing Girl project, We will make a cardboard girl and a circuit in which when we press the button the girl will start dancing in round way and beautiful lightings will be shown.
Materials Required
Cardboard
Toy DC Motor
Switch
Speaker
LED
Connecting Wire
STEPS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT
STEP 1: Make the Dancing Girl
1.Draw the Dancing girl on the Cardstock.
2. Cut out the dancing girl properly.
3. Colour and decorate the dancing girl properly.
4. Make a round base / like wheel to be inserted into the DC Motor shaft.
5. Fix the dancing girl on the base.
STEP 2: Connect Motor and Switch with Battery
- Take a small breadboard
- Connect +ive terminal of Battery to the 1st row of breadboard
- Connect-ive terminal of Battery to the 2nd row of breadboard
- Fix a Switch in the middle of breadboard.
- Connect any terminal of Gear motor to +5V.
- Connect other terminal of Gear motor to the Switch terminal.
- Connect other side Switch terminal to the GND.
- Check the circuit by pressing the switch. Motor must rotate while the button is pressed.
STEP 3: Connect Light
- Take 3 LED of any colour of your choice
- Connect a 220 ohm resistor to each of LED’s +ive terminal (Longer leg)
- connect all resistor 2nd terminal to GND.
STEP 4: Fix Dancing Girl on the Shaft of Motor and Decorate the Complete Dancing Girl Project
- Take a wheel of Gear motor
- Attach / fix the cutout of Dancing girl on the Wheel of the motor.
- Now wrap the lower part of the circuit using colour paper and other decorative items as per kids choice.
TESTING
To demonstrate this project, Simply connect the battery to +ive & -ive terminals. Now press the push button ,The Dancing girl will start dancing with flashing light all over.