Today, we went on the Phet website to work on Circuit Construction. We made parallel and series circuits. Our circuit:

Then, Mr. Finley wrote some questions on the board that we had to finish or it would be homework. Here are the questions:

1. Draw your circuit.

2. Identify which one in series and which are parallel.( say why )

3. Describe the electron motion near the battery, in the part with fewer light, in the part with more lights.

4. Why does this happen?

The science that we learned in what we did today was this: We learned that to make a parallel circuit, you have to have the bulbs parallel to each other, like in math. The bottom part of the picture shows this parallel circuit. We also learned that when one battery goes out to 3 or more bulbs, the light from the bulbs will be more dull than a battery going to one or two bulbs.

We learned this by analyzing our circuits and answering the questions. We also learned this by discussing it within our groups.

It's important to know this because if you decide to become an electrician or someone who works with circuits and lights, you will need to know how to connect certain wires with batteries and how to make different types of circuits. Without this understanding of circuit construction, you won't be able to do your job.

Here's the website/activity that we did today in class:

Circuit Construction

-EP