In 2010 I was asked to create an educational game using Adobe Flash.

The game I created tested a student’s ability to understand the color code of an electronic resistor.It utilized art and programming synced together in order to show animation, recognize key-presses, and conditionally test whether a student got an answer correctly or not.

How the game works:

• These resisters have 4 bands across them. (see table below for color code)
• To calculate, take the first 2 band values and put them together, attach the appropriate # of 0’s from the 3rd value, and attach the 4th band (tolerance) at the end.
  • Example:
    • Red (2), Blue (6), Green (5: 00000), Red (+/- 2%) = 2,600,000 +/- 2%
    • Orange (3), White (9), Violet (7: 0000000), Gold (+/- 5%) = 390,000,000 +/- 5%
    • Red (2), Red (2), Black (0: NONE), Brown (+/- 1%) = 22 +/- 1%
  • The above examples had commas added to them for visual purposes. In the game you will not add commas.

Band #1 – Left Most Band	Band #2	Band #3 – # of 0’s	Band #4 – Tolerance
Black = 0	Black = 0	Black (0) = NONE	Brown = +/- 1%
Brown = 1	Brown = 1	Brown (1) = 0	Red = +/- 2%
Red = 2	Red = 2	Red (2) = 00	Gold (Yellow) = +/- 5%
Orange = 3	Orange = 3	Orange (3) = 000	Silver (Grey) = +/- 10%
Yellow = 4	Yellow = 4	Yellow (4) = 0000
Green = 5	Green = 5	Green (5) = 00000
Blue = 6	Blue = 6	Blue (6) = 000000
Violet = 7	Violet = 7	Violet (7) = 0000000
Grey = 8	Grey = 8	Grey (8) = 00000000
White = 9	White = 9	White (9) = 000000000

This project meets the requirements for Standard 3 by:

• Demonstrating fluency in a technology system (Flash Game Development)
• Transferring current knowledge to a new technology and situation (from Resistor color code to Gaming with Flash)
• Communicating relevant information and ideas effectively using a variety of of digital age media and formats (testing knowledge with games)
• Modeling effective use of current digital tools to support learning (creating an educational game)

Play Game: Electronics Flash Game (requires Flash)

Standard 3 Artifacts