Hand out a dry cell, wire, and bulb to each team of students.

ELETRIAL IRUITS OUTOME: Students learn the components of a simple electrical circuit. Simple materials combine to be used to complete what seems to be a simple task, to get the bulb to light. Students discover that the task is not always simple. There is a specific order to the connection of each part of the circuit in order to build a complete circuit. SUPPLIES: masking tape, dry cells, bulbs, foil PREPARE: wire (Ron Marson in his T.O.P.S. unit makes wire using masking tape. Stick tape to one side of a sheet of aluminum foil in side by side rows. Tear the foil/ tape in strips. Each team needs one piece of foil. Fold the tape/foil in half lengthwise with the tape inside. Then they have two strong pieces of "wire".) PROEDURE: Hand out a dry cell, wire, and bulb to each team of students. Instruct each team to use their materials to create a circuit that causes the light bulb to light. Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 1

aution the students that a short circuit will cause the wire to heat up so that it is uncomfortable to the touch. If their wire is getting hot, they should record the set up on the back of their worksheet and try a different way to make the light bulb light. complete circuit will generate light Give teams of students time to build complete circuits. Students record successful circuits and short circuits on their worksheet. Encourage students to find other ways to make the bulb light. Students record these circuits on the worksheet that follows. short circuit will generate heat ompleted ircuit Prompt students to look for a pattern in the circuits that light the bulb. What must happen for the bulb to light? TEAHER BAKGROUND An electric circuit is a circle of electricity. The electricity must flow through a closed circuit to light the bulb: out the bottom of the battery, through the wire, through the side of the bulb, through the filament, out the bottom of the bulb, and into the top of the battery. In this closed circuit, the electricity travels from the battery, through wire to an appliance such as a bulb, and back to the battery. VOABULARY: ircuit A circular path in which electricity travels. onductor A material that allows an electric current to pass through it. Insulator A material that does not allow an electric current to pass through it. Short circuit An unwanted electrical connection that can damage the battery and equipment and can cause the generation of heat, sparks, or fire. Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 2

SR: Electrical ircuits Name: Electrical ircuits Draw the ways you made the bulb light: What is the pattern for making sure the bulb lights? Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 3

Nombre: ircuitos Eléctricos Dibuja las diferentes formas en que hiciste que el foco se encendiera: uál es el modelo a seguir para asegurar que el foco se encienda? Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 4

Name: Electric ircuits Look at each set up. ircle the set up if you think the bulb will light. If you think the circuit won't light the bulb, change the wire in the set up so that it would light. Make the simplest change that will complete the circuit. You can either add to what was drawn or draw a new set up next to the one shown. Here's what I do to make the bulb light: Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 5

Nombre: ircuitos Eléctricos Mira a cada dibujo. Pón un círculo alrededor del dibujo en que tú pienses se prenderá el foco. Si tú piensas que el circuito no prenderá el foco, cambia el alambre de la instalación de manera que si prenda. Haz el cambio más sencillo que completará el circuito. Puedes agregar a lo que aparece ya en el dibujo, o dibujar una nueva instalación junto a la que se muestra. Esto es lo que yo hago para hacer que el foco prenda: Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 6

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POSITIVE TERMINAL INSULATION BETWEEN ZIN ASE AND ARBON ROD FILAMENT O N TA TS Z I N A SE O N D U T I N G M IX A RB O N R O D E L E T R O D E M AN G A N E S E D I O X I D E Z I N A SE Excerpt from Physics FUNdamentals 8