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- When the third piece of wire was dropped across the two wires leading to and from the lamp, the wire created a "short circuit." This doesn't mean the electricity took a shorter course, it just took an easier path. When you cut the wire with the clippers, you created an "open" circuit.
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Introductory Circuits
1. In the LED Stickies activity, students connect coin cell batteries to LEDs to make simple light-up magnets (or popular LED throwies). What they learn about polarity and the importance of connecting the correct LED leg to each terminal of the battery will help as they move on to build more complex circuits. Questions: In doing this activity, students may notice that certain colors of LEDs glow brighter or stay lit longer. Why? (Note: Older kids might be challenged to adapt their LED Stickie...
Circuit Exploration with Robots and Drones
1. In the Building Junkbots—Robots from Recycled Materials lesson, students create simple circuits using AA batteries and DC motors to power vibrating robots they design and build from recycled and craft materials. (Note: While this robot-building activity can be used with students in other grades, this lesson is NGSS-aligned for grades 6-8.) For other robotics lessons, including introductory bristlebots and vibrobots, see 25+ Robotics Projects, Lessons, and Activities. https://www.youtube.co...
Everyday Circuits and Real-world Solutions
1. In the Make a Night-Lightactivity, students design and build a night light that comes on when the room dims and goes off when the room brightens. This intermediate circuit uses a potentiometer and a photoresistor to detect light and enable the night light's on and off functionality. 2. In the Make an Awesome Paper Lantern activity, students design their own paper lanterns. These lanterns can be lit with tea lights or by creating a circuit similar to the night light activity above. (Make co...
There is crossover between teaching about electricity, circuits, magnetism, and electromagnetism. You can view teaching materials, experiments, and lessons for these topics in the following collections: 1. 16 Science Experiments to Teach About Electricity 2. 11 Lessons to Teach Magnetism 3. 8 Experiments to Teach Electromagnetism
The following word bank contains words that may be covered when teaching about circuits using the lessons and activities in this resource. 1. Ammeter 2. Ampere (amp) 3. Battery 4. Breadboards 5. Closed circuit 6. Conductor 7. Current 8. Electrical circuit 9. Insulator 10. Light-emitting diode (LED) 11. Microcontroller 12. Multimeter 13. Ohms 14. Oh...
Collections like this help educators find themed activities in a specific subject area or discover activities and lessons that meet a curriculum need. We hope these collections make it convenient for teachers to browse related lessons and activities. For other collections, see the Teaching Science Units and Thematic Collections lists. We encourage ...
Jun 23, 2024 · Learning how to build circuits can spark an interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It exposes children to the foundational concepts of these fields and encourages them to explore further.
Key learning points. A short circuit happens when a wire becomes loose and touches the wrong part of a circuit, or makes a new circuit. If a live wire touches the inside of a metal case, the metal case may become live.
Mar 13, 2023 · Building circuits also provides kids with an early introduction to basic electrical science principles such as AC/DC current, transformer/circuit diagrams, capacitors/resistors/switch application, etc., which will be of great value to later learning or study pursuits in engineering or robotics.
Ranging from worksheets, display resources and science experiments, these resources can assist you in explaining how electricity works, how to build circuits, and will also help children develop their key vocabulary for this topic.
Mwaksy and Greg construct a simple circuit that uses cells, wires, bulbs and wires and investigate how a switch opens and closes a circuit.
