Circuits behind the city

Power is our second unit for my class, Urban Planning. In this unit we learned about circuits and that related to unit 1, when we learned about electricity. We went to an FE to the Museum of Science and Industry and there we saw the Tesla coil, which is a transforming alternating current, invented by Nikola Tesla. That was a very cool experience and it was relevant because at the time, we were learning about the war on currents. A war between Alternating and Direct current. Another reason this FE was relevant is because we're reading Devil in the white city, a book about Chicago's world fair, and the Museum is one of the only remaining structures from that time. In addition to learning about Alternating and Direct currents, I learned how to use formula's to calculate power, voltage, current, resistance, and ohms.

DS MW, Diagram, 2019

For this units Action Project, I partnered with my classmate,DS and we made a circuit of our own. I believe the purpose of this project was to use all that we learned and actually get to make something of it. I enjoyed designing a parallel circuit with my partner, and I also enjoyed seeing what my classmates did for their circuit. My favorite part was calculating all of the math that we learned. My partner and I even found a connection with SDG 7 and you can see that below. 

In conclusion, this project went very well and I think it tied in perfectly to our curriculum. I was pleased with all of my calculations and how I could find real world connections.