Understanding Circuits

Y9T1W11 9.4 Electric Circuits

Open Ended

Starter: Can you identify these components?

Extension: How could I use them to light the bulb?

Open Ended

Task One: If an alien landed on Earth and asked you what electricity was, what would you tell them?

Multiple Choice

What is current?

• The flow of protons around a circuit

• The flow of neutrons around a circuit

• The flow of electrons around a circuit

• The flow of wires around a circuit

Multiple Choice

What does a circuit not need in order to work, but it is useful to control it?

• Wires

• A cell

• An electrical device

• A switch

Multiple Choice

What is voltage?

• The flow of electrons around the circuit.

• The strength of the push provided by the cell.

• The cell or battery that you put in the circuit.

• The difference in current in two different parts of a circuit.

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a cell and a battery?

• There is no difference

• A cell is two cells, whereas a battery is only one

• A battery is two cells, whereas a cell is only one cell.

• A cell provides voltage, whereas a battery does not.

Multiple Choice

It is possible to measure current...

• True

• False

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Multiple Select

Task 4: In your experiment, which materials did you find worked to light up the bulb? Tick all that apply.

• Dog

• Paper clip

• Rubber (eraser)

• Pencil

• Coin

Multiple Choice

Why did the other materials not light up the bulb?

• Because they were conductors

• Because they were insulators

Open Ended

Plenary: Answer the following questions in the image... (for 1 a you can draw it in your book)