Monday, 9 May 2016

Introduction to circuits

Try this activity. Can you complete all three challenges?

Challenge 1. Make a lightbulb light up.
Challenge 2. Make two lightbulbs light up dimly
Challenge 3. Make two lightbulbs light up brightly


What is the difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit? Which one produces a brighter bulb?



6 comments:

  1. Freddy and James
    dim light bulb
    green cord left side battery,blue cord right side battery
    no yellow cord
    blue cord left side top layer,red cord right side top layer
    green cord left side bottom layer,red cord right side bottom layer

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  2. the parallel circuit has a wire that splits the two lamps (lights) from each other. it is use for curcuits that the lamps are far away from each other. where a series curcuit is used for lamps next to or close to each other. Am I right?

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  3. preffesinol caleb10 May 2016 at 14:06

    the parell has the lamps in a different places

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  4. 1.Yellow right, blue left
    2.right= red,red left= blue yellow series
    3.right= Green, blue left= yellow, red parallel
    Charlie and Jimmy

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  5. the parallel circuit has a wire that splits the two lamps (lights) from each other. it is use for curcuits that the lamps are far away from each other. where a series curcuit is used for lamps next to or close to each other. Am I right?

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  6. different space and different system
    Aaron & Nicholas

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