MakeFashion Edu · Advocacy by Design
Paper Circuit Practice
Lay copper tape along the thick gray paths, leave gaps for your LEDs, and light all three circuits.
Designer: Date:
1. Simple circuit — one path, one LED
2. Parallel circuit — every LED gets its own path
3. Series circuit — one path through every LED
Observations
Which circuit lit brightest? What happened when you removed one LED from the parallel circuit — and from the series circuit?
- Positive tape path never touches the negative path (no short circuits!)
- Long LED legs on the positive side, short legs on the negative
- All three circuits lit