Circuit Components
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Electrical Circuits Teacher Guide and Student Activities
By Oliver Smith
Electrical energy is a major part of modern day life, but is so often misunderstood. The following activities will help students understand the foundation of electrical circuits and how electricity affects our lives every day.
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Storyboard Description
Circuit components & Electric circuit symbols activity - Help students remember what each symbol stands for and what it does
Storyboard Text
- Symbol
- Use
- Wire
- Wires are used to connect different components together. They are made of metal and allow current to flow through them.
- Battery
- A battery provides the push to move the charge around the circuit.
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- Resistor
- A resistor is a component that reduces the current in a circuit.
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- Variable Resistor
- A variable resistor is a resistor which can have its resistance changed.
- Lamp
- A lamp is a component with a filament that glows when a current is passed through it. Lamps can be used to see things in the dark.
- Switch
- A switch is a component that can break the circuit, allowing other components to be turned on and off. A light switch is an example of a switch.
- Voltmeter
- A voltmeter is used to measure the potential difference, or amount of push, between two parts in a circuit.
- Ammeter
- An ammeter is used to measure the size of a current in a circuit
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- Motor
- A motor spins when it is connected to a circuit. It could be used to make a toy car move.
Image Attributions
- battery - Razor512 - (License Attribution )
- Bulb - rivalslayer - (License Attribution )
- Carbon Composition Resistor - nao904 - (License Attribution )
- Current Indicator - Robbie1 - (License Attribution )
- insulator - tuba_squad - (License Attribution )
- Motor - Podknox - (License Attribution )
- PUSH - Steve Snodgrass - (License Attribution )
- Radio - EgoAnt - (License Attribution )
- Switch - lamdogjunkie - (License Attribution )
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