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The Blobz Guide to Electric Circuits

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  3. Click on 1
  4. Enter your first name.
  5. Read the Introduction page.
  6. What are the three parts each section contains? What do they stand for?
  1. At the bottom, click on the 1st circle. It has a lightbulb in it. It should say Section 1: What makes Circuits Work?
  2. Read through the information using the next and back buttons at the top.
  3. What do circuits need to work properly?
  1. What does a complete circuit mean?
  1. All circuits need a power source. Also known as a ______. Examples include batteries and mains.
  1. If you connect more than one cell, how do the need to be faced?
  1. After reading through the information, click on the green arrow at the bottom to complete the activity.
  2. After completing the activity, click on the question mark at the bottom of the page to take the quiz. Record your score on the quiz ______/ 5
  3. At the bottom center, click on the 2nd circle. It should say section 2 Conductors and Insulators.
  4. Read through the information using the next and back buttons at the top.
  5. What is a conductor? What are some examples of conductors?
  1. What are insulators? What are some examples of insulators?
  1. After reading through the information, click on the green arrow at the bottom to complete the activity.
  2. After completing the activity, click on the question mark at the bottom of the page to take the quiz. Record your score on the quiz ______/ 5
  3. At the bottom center, click on the 3nd circle. It should say Section 3: All About Switches
  1. Read through the information using the next and back buttons at the top.
  2. Why are switches useful? What do they do?
  1. In what position does the switch make the circuit complete?
  1. What are the two types of switches we might use? Draw a picture for each.
  1. Give some examples of where switches are used.
  1. After reading through the information, click on the green arrow at the bottom to complete the activity.
  2. After completing the activity, click on the question mark at the bottom of the page to take the quiz. Record your score on the quiz ______/ 5
  3. At the bottom center, click on the 4nd circle. It should say Section 4: Changing Circuits
  4. Read through the information using the next and back buttons at the top.
  5. How can you change circuits?
  1. If you add more bulbs in series to a circuit, what happens to the brightness of them?
  1. If you add more cells in series to a circuit, what happens to the brightness of the bulbs? What happens if you get too many cells?
  1. If you increase the length of wires, what happens to the brightness of the bulbs?
  1. What is a fair test?
  1. After reading through the information, click on the green arrow at the bottom to complete the activity.
  2. After completing the activity, click on the question mark at the bottom of the page to take the quiz. Record your score on the quiz ______/ 5
  3. At the bottom center, click on the 5thcircle. It should say Section 5: Circuit Diagrams
  4. Read through the information using the next and back buttons at the top
  5. What is the purpose of a circuit diagram?
  1. What are the symbols and the meanings for the components we may use? (Hint: there are 5)

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