[TCML] Kids class Project

[Neal Namowicz]

What's the rush? You still have 3 days :) First, a question (or two). I'm 
assuming that you're a 7th grader. Is this a spur of the moment interest, or 
have you been following along on the tesla list for a while? Have you read 
(and reread) The safety "rules" and hazards as posted on pupman's site, as 
well as many others? I am not doubting your ability or sincerity, I know I 
was doing things I probably shouldn't have been doing around your age and 
survived. HOWEVER, DISCLAIMER. I am not endorsing or condoning you to do 
anything that I might suggest here. These experiments and projects are 
intended for those individuals with some experience and awareness of the 
dangers involved in using high voltage. That said...

Have an adult present at any time that you intend to power up any project. 
Make them aware of how to disconnect the power should something "unplanned" 
happen.

Given the time constraints (let us have a little more time with your next 
project, ok? :) the simplest project I can come up with isn't exactly 
"tesla-ish", but I would suggest a jacob's ladder.  A couple thin, metal, 
bendable rods (cut up coat hangers if necessary), a piece of wood (or 
preferably plastic) to mount it on, maybe an obit or nst transformer, a 
power cord, a couple pieces of wire, screws, washers and light switch. Your 
paper can explain the process by which 110vac is transformed to a higher 
voltage, why the arc rises up the rods, etc. You could work into your paper 
how tesla took that high voltage, developed his air core resonant 
transformer that turned it into really high voltage, etc. This is probably 
something I would do given the time available. However, that's ME. IF I were 
to do it, I would remember to have an adult present, and once the power is 
on, keep one hand in your back pocket while operating. If you don't know why 
the hand is in the back pocket, go back to the books (web, whatever) and do 
a lot more studying before you do anything hands on.
BE CAREFUL, have fun, and give us an update on what happens,

Mr. Neal

ps. Did I mention, BE CAREFUL?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony R. Mollner" <penny831 at earthlink.net>
To: "Tesla Coil Mailing List" <tesla at pupman.com>
Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 7:05 PM
Subject: [TCML] Kids class Project


> Here's a question for the group. I need a "Tesla" project for a kids 7th
> grade school science project due on Friday? Anything easy would be good. 
> An
> AC demonstration, a motor, ANYTHING that can be written up and a model 
> made.
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