Data Sheet

Download this guide at www.lectrify.it/educators
Duration:
1-2 hours
1. Review the Quickstart guide
A couple things you’ll want to reinforce to students:
• LEDs and batteries have a positive and negative side. The positive is
marked in red and negative in white on lectrify components.
• Some components don’t have a positive or negative side. These are
marked in blue.
• Finally, you’ll notice some holes without any color. Since these holes are
not tinned and therefore not conductive, they won’t allow you to create
a functioning circuit. You can use them if you need to attach a circuit in
place
2. Logic gates on the board
Trace the white line on the board. This is a complete circuit!
Logic gates are the building blocks of circuitry and you can see examples of
these daily life. In an AND statement, both conditions must be true. In an
OR statement, only one of the conditions must be true. It’s likely that you
and your students use logic gates often. For example, in your classroom you
might have conditions a student completes their classwork and sits quietly
they are rewarded to be let out for recess.
Ask students to observe and explore the circuit. What do they notice? Do
they identify any patterns?
You’ll notice two different switches and two LEDs. We’ve included these for
students to get familiar with AND/OR logic. Ask students to observe and
document what happens when they turn the switches on and off.
What happens if you can turn the tilt switch horizontal or vertical?
What happens if the on/off is on and you tilt the board to one side?
Remind students they can use this logic to create complex circuits later in
their projects.
3. Explore components off the board (conductivity, series & parallel)
You can remove the components off the board by gently rocking it back and
Next Generation
Science Standards
2-PS1-1
Plan and conduct an
investigation to de-
scribe and classify dif-
ferent kinds of materi-
als by their observable
properties.
2-PS1-2
Analyze data obtained
from testing different
materials to determine
which materials have
the properties that
are best suited for an
intended purpose.
K-2-ETS1-2
Develop a simple
sketch, drawing, or
physical model to illus-
trate how the shape
of an object helps it
function as needed to
solve a given problem.