Category | Activities |
Badge | Skies |
Time to allocate (mins) | 35 |
Outcome | Basic electronics project to create a pinhole planetarium of some of the major constellations in the southern hemisphere |
Resources | Plastic bowl with lid per Cub Black spray paint Electrical wire (pre-solder to LED and veroboard) 3W White LED per Cub 2 AA Batteries per Cub Veroboard Insulation tape Split pins Metal paper clips Pin Constellation template (attached) |
Instructions |
Spray paint the bowls and lid black. In the bowl, punch small pin holes in the shape of the constellations, using the template below. On the lid, build the circuit as follows:
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Constellations | constellations.png |
Instructions with photos | Pinhole_Planetarium.docx |