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Hands-on science with squishy circuits

In a zippy demo at TED U, AnnMarie Thomas shows how two different kinds of homemade play dough can be used to demonstrate electrical properties -- by lighting up LEDs, spinning motors, and turning little kids into circuit designers.

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In a zippy demo at TED U, AnnMarie Thomas shows how two different kinds of homemade play dough can be used to demonstrate electrical properties -- by lighting up LEDs, spinning motors, and turning little kids into circuit designers.

This talk was presented at an official TED conference. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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AnnMarie Thomas

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AnnMarie Thomas works on the playful side of engineering -- using cool tools to teach and help others.

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