Story Lamp

After mastering the basics of working with LEDs I challenged students to build a freestanding lamp. The requirements were that it be able to turn on/off with a switch, that it be no larger than 8" in any direction (I have major project storage constraints), and that it show a scene/character from a favorite story. 

This project has taken a lot longer than I anticipated, which is fine. To make the lamps, we switched from using just copper tape to also using wires. I was surprised how much this threw off some students. I need to do more modeling/explaining next time to show that wire perform the same function a copper tape, they just work better when you are wanting to wrap them around something or feed them through a tube.

The integration of light with story/character has been really interesting and some of the final projects are, in my eyes, little masterpieces.