Batteries, Bulbs, & Wires

What is the smallest number of wire strips Kirsten needs to make the build light up?
B. Two strips of wire. Because the has to be a full circuit for the electricity to be conducted through to the lightbulbs.

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Can light a lightbulb with one wire, one battery and one light bulb light?

Yes it can

Series Circuit:

Parallel Circuit:

Simple Circuit:

Pink sheet:
Strengths: Lets the students explore more. Challenges the students to use the minimal amount of supplies to make a circuit. It allows students to keep trying.
Weakneseses: May not discover the different types of circuits (simple, series, Parallel)

Yellow sheet:
Strenghts: Very structured.
weaknesses: Students don't get to explore on their own and figure out for themselves.

Physical Science
Content standard B: Light, heat, electricity, and magnetism.
Benachmark: Electricity in circuits can produce light. Electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.

Leanring goals: what students should know?

• Electricity should be in some sort of a circuit.
• Electricity produces light. 

Learning performances: What do you want students to do to show they know?

• Create their own circuits to produce as much light as possible.
• Show multiple ways to make a circuit.
• explain the difference between simple, series, and parallel circuits.