Smart World: meet the parts
AND Gate, OR Gate, NOT Gate
Teaching this? Open projector mode
In the Smart World you explore simplified virtual circuits on a 3D workbench. Here are the parts you will meet.
🧠 AND Gate — Outputs power only when BOTH inputs have power.
🧠 OR Gate — Outputs power when EITHER input has power.
🧠 NOT Gate — Flips its input: on becomes off, off becomes on.
AND Gate: We are the Logic Gates — the brains of any smart device.
AND Gate: I'm Ada the AND gate. I only let power through when BOTH my inputs are ON.
Guide: Both switches OPEN = no light. Both CLOSED = light!
Guide: Wire two switches to my inputs, and my output to an LED.
OR Gate: I'm Orhan the OR gate. EITHER input ON is enough to light the LED.
OR Gate: More forgiving than Ada — like 'A OR B'.
NOT Gate: I'm Nuran the NOT gate. I flip my input upside down.
NOT Gate: Input ON → output OFF. Input OFF → output ON. Like a tiny mirror for electricity.