Reversing Switch & Buggy

Reversing Switch & Buggy
Level: Grades: 4 – 8

A battery’s current flows in one direction. Clever arrangement of switches can reverse that direction. Construct a controller with a battery, motor and ultralight buggy which can go forward or backward. Learn wiring logic, precision and trouble shooting.

Cost: $9 per student

Connecticut Core Science Curriculum Framework
4.4
Electrical and magnetic energy can be transferred and transformed.


Assembly Drawing

   
Electricity
The Eli Whitney Museum  •  915 Whitney Avenue Hamden, CT 06517  •  (203) 777-1833  •  Hours:  Wed-Thu-Fri 12-5   Sat 10-3   Sun 12-5