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The first wires ever made in the world was used as jewelry and people would buy were jewelry in weddings and other ceremonies they had 5000 years ago. Jewelry would be made by metal strips going through these beads and then they would call those jewelries.  At about 1500 the wires that were used for jewelry are now used for electrical purposes. Magnets have been used in motors for a long time. It is used to move the electrical motors without a hand trying to go in and you must hold it for a long time, so the motor still works.  Therefore, people invented magnets and switches so with one button you can make an electrical component work without any hands. The magnets work by the current flowing with the help of an electromagnet. An electromagnet is very powerful, and it is coiled with a bunch of copper wires to have a fast conductor. The magnet is set up by the electromagnet, so it can cut off the power whenever it is needed. Whenever you turn off the switch it is blocked by any king of electrons to go in and start all the motors. So, when all the electrons are blocked that means all the electrical components stop inside the motor and you cannot make the motor work until you turn the switch on. ​ Light bulbs are a very easy structure. The base has two metal contacts which are called screw thread contact and electrical foot contact. The two-metal contact work together for the electricity to go up the tungsten filament. The tungsten filament is about 20 inches long, but it is double coiled, so it is very small. When you take the bulb and hook it up to any power supply then an electrical current flow, as shown in my model and then the bulb lights up by itself. The energy or atoms bumps into other atoms so it is transferring energy to the filament. If metal atoms are heated up to about 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, then the light will be bright. The tungsten filament in a light bulb is made up of thin metal. A tungsten metal is about 60 watts in a bulb and it is about 6.5 feet long. Metals can melt if they reach very hot temperature. The light bulbs can explode or combustion because if it has extreme heat, fuel and oxygen then it can explode. Black wires are used for powering the circuits and it can also be used for power for a switch or outlet. Red wines are for interconnection for smoke detectors and other electrical components that are hard wired into the system. Yellow wires can be used for fans and lights that you must switch on to get it to work. Blue wires are used for a three or four-way switch. White and grey wires are neutral wires. White is most called the neutral wire. White and grey wires can only be connected to other white and grey wires. A green wire is used for grounding the electric circuit and a green wire can only be connected to a green wire. The first step of the making of a wire happens in a factory. They take about 15000 pounds of copper. The second step is twisting the wires into many smaller pieces, so the wires are well conductive. The third step is the cabling and that is where they put all the colors. The last step of the wiring process is the electricity step and they test the wires. 

My Model Information:

On the right is my model and diagrams. This model I made by myself without any instructions. This model is creative because first it is a parallel circuit which is when we have two or more paths to let electricity go through. When I was in fifth grade I couldn't get a parallel circuit to work but after many research I did get it to work. Second thing that is creative about this model is that whenever you add the white and red wires to the paperclip it makes a faint light in both. This is because there is a little bit of energy going to both wires. If you take out the red or white wires from my model there will be no light because the electrons are being stopped or there is no electrical current passing through. The last thing that my circuit does is that if you have the paper clip touch the switch it will light up the one with the white wire in it. This happens because on the left side there are two wires connected to the battery and on the right side there is only one wire so the on in the right is the only one getting the current, so it is the one that works when we touch the paper clip to the switch. On the other hand, the ones that have two wires are getting some energy because the electricity must give both electricity. This model has helped me in creativity and understand circuits and how they work.

2020-2021 created by Vraj Shah

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