House+Wiring

**The GREEN ELECTRIC HOUSE (Special thanks from Ms. Gende for her creative ideas)**
 * Objective:**

**Your team will design and construct an electric house entirely from** recycled materials **with separate series, parallel, and complex circuits.**


 * The house will consist of one or two stories. Each house will contain at least the following areas: one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen, a porch, a front**
 * door, and a living room/dining room area.**


 * Each individual room will be illuminated by its own light.**


 * Materials:**


 * Your team will provide the materials needed for the house frame, glue, additional tools, decorations, furniture and the batteries.**  **(Also, old Christmas lights and a card (or toy) with sound card )**


 * You will receive:**
 * - Ten small light bulbs**
 * - Insulated wire**  **- A motor**
 * - Button -**
 * - Soldering iron**


 * Requirements:**


 * - The house dimensions are approximately: 24" by 36" horizontally or**
 * vertically. The 'science fair' tri-fold foam board is an excellent material for**
 * building the house.**


 * Each house will be wired with 5 different circuits as follows:**


 * - The living room area must have a chandelier with at least two lights in a**
 * SERIES CIRCUIT with a switch.**


 * - The house must have one PARALLEL CIRCUIT consisting of a switch and at**
 * least two lights.**


 * - The house must have one COMBINATION CIRCUIT consisting of two**
 * switches and at least three lights.**


 * - The front door must have a doorbell (sound card) and a switch.**

**Scoring Rubric:**
 * - The use of the motor is open-ended, that is, you will incorporate the motor**
 * in the house in a creative manner. Some ideas are: an elevator, a ceiling**
 * fan or a garage door**


 * The score of your project consists of 140 points divided into two:**


 * I. Group Project = 100 points**


 * Meeting minimum construction requirements:**
 * Neat house assembly, four rooms, and a porch = 20 pts**
 * Successfully meeting series circuit minimum requirements = 10 pts**
 * Successfully meeting parallel circuit minimum requirements = 20 pts**
 * Successfully meeting complex circuit minimum requirements = 20 pts**
 * Successfully meeting doorbell requirement = 10 pts**
 * Successfully incorporating the motor = 20 pts**


 * II. Individual Project = 40 points**


 * - Drawing and schematic of every circuit combination = 20 pts**
 * - Calculations and measurements of voltage and current = 20 pts**


 * Bonus for creativity and/or ingenuity = 20 pts**   Example house - []