Ocean Currents

Connecticut’s Robert Ballard, a renowned oceanographer, argues that the seabed is our planet’s largest unexplored frontier. Get started. Take the plunge this week.

Construct a model of the sea bottom. Build simple circuits to electrify that underwater world. Make an Octopus wriggle. Make an Archer fish glow to entrap dinner. Make Jellyfish glimmer. Make a school of fish flutter in an electromagnetic field. Make a coral colony fluoresce. Construct an ROV (remote operating vehicle) that you can move to study everything.

A study in first circuits. A study in exploration.
Batteries included