During this activity, students create a working radio by soldering circuit components supplied from an AM radio kit. Since this activity is carried out in conjunction with the associated lessons concerning circuits and how an AM radio works, students should be able to identify each circuit component they are soldering, as well as how their placement causes the radio to work. Besides reinforcing concepts from the lessons, this activity will also teach students how to solder. Soldering is an activity that many engineers perform regularly; by teaching students how to solder, they are able to engage in a real engineering activity.

Concepts

circuits, electricity, engineering, voltage, stem, radio waves

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Additional Tags

radio, solder, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, resistor

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)