3 Week course in the basis of electromagnetism
Over the next weeks you'll use the following resources, in-class assignments, your own research in the the science of electromagnetism to not only create your own telegraph, but to understand the underlying science and physics of what is happening inside telegraph machine.
You will build several iterations of the Telegraph. You’ll build ones that make tone, print dots and dashes, are powerful enough to extend, but most importantly, you’ll have a deep understanding of the fundamentals of electromagnetism.
The goal of this project is to fundamentally change the way you see any electrical system
tappy tappy tappy
(but you'll know how, why, and what each electron is doing)
Some Videos for reference, mostly content, but some fun stuff too.
Course Documents:
QCCQ (Discussion Prep): General discussion prep, we'll do this often, but not always.
Blooming Questions (Discussion Prep): General discussion prep, we'll do this often, but not always.
Save the last word (discussion protocol): How we'll start our discussion sessions, we'll move on to full socratic seminar once we're comfortable.
Socratic Fishbowl (discussion protocol: Once we're comfortable with discussion, we'll move to this more free flow.
Readings (online):
Mother Earth Mother Board: Our first reading, please complete Monday night.
History of the Telegraph Patent.
Maxwell's Equations (Wired): A primer to our deeper discussions.
Professional Level Resources:
Maxwell's Equations: The Simple Language Wiki page for Maxwell's equasions.
Synced Classtime Tutorials:
Paperclip Telegraph: Our first hour together, we're going to build this, with a couple twists.
Outside Video Tutorials, Guides, and Lessons:
Crash Course Magnetism: We'll discuss this and how it applies to our first telegraph.
Khan Academy Review of Magnetic Fields: Critical to our class is your mastery of magnetism and the basics of the electro-magnetic force. Here's a Kahn playlist to remind you of what we're working on. This is the portion we'll be working with this week.
How to use a Breadboard: A fundamental and critical to our class moving forward.
How to Solder (Through-hole): Get good at this ... we're doing this ... a lot.
How to Solder medium depth: Covers a lot of basics.
Cold Solder Joints: Recognize this, and DO NOT DO IT.