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Hand Steady, a unit of work for SEN (MLD) students

How steady are your hands?

Can you design a game to test how steady your hand is? Using the idea of passing a loop of wire over a shaped piece of wire without them touching, can you design a shape and construct a system to tell when the wires have touched.

hand 2Kb
How it works
input process output 4Kb
wire shape 1 1Kb
Some ideas
Wire shape 6 1Kb
Wire shapre 5 1Kb
Wire shape 2 1Kb
Wire shape 3 1Kb
Name ......................................................................

Wire shape 4 1Kb

Possible electric circuits
elcetric circuit 2Kb
3 volt bulb or LED 6 volt buzzer
Battery: 3v, 6v or 9v
model 3Kb
Handle

Developing ideas

Create a background to follow the same theme as the wire shape.

Decorate the block with pictures or writing .

Decide what will be the warning signal - light or sound or both. What are the points for and against?