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Circuit Construction Bingo LAB

The document describes a circuit construction bingo activity where students construct various circuits using an online simulation to meet the criteria listed on a bingo board. It includes screenshots of circuits constructed by two students, Cristina Gandolfo and Giana Logatto, meeting criteria such as including a resistor, having batteries connected in series or parallel, and testing whether various materials conduct electricity. The students were asked to highlight criteria on the bingo board as they completed the circuits and take screenshots of their work.

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Circuit Construction Bingo LAB

The document describes a circuit construction bingo activity where students construct various circuits using an online simulation to meet the criteria listed on a bingo board. It includes screenshots of circuits constructed by two students, Cristina Gandolfo and Giana Logatto, meeting criteria such as including a resistor, having batteries connected in series or parallel, and testing whether various materials conduct electricity. The students were asked to highlight criteria on the bingo board as they completed the circuits and take screenshots of their work.

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Circuit Construction Bingo!

(This lab was designed by Elissa Levy at Life Sciences Secondary School, Manhattan, NY)

Group 7: ​Cristina Gandolfo​ and ​Giana Logatto

I can…​construct circuits to meet parameters. Create a circuit that...


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2) Click “​Intro.” take
3) Choose items from the list on the left by
clicking on them. Click on the arrow at Includes a Has four bulbs Tests whether Has a switch Is a “short
resistor that are all lit a paper clip in it, to turn circuit”
the bottom to see more items. Start by
conducts the bulb on or (battery is on
using the simulation to light a lightbulb electricity off fire)
with two wires and a battery. (Here is a
video if you are stuck: Includes a Has three Lights a Has two bulbs, Has a broken
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a resistor same two wires and different
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4) Take a screenshot of your circuit with
the lit lightbulb and paste it in the Has batteries Has a Has an Tests whether Has 18 V
“screenshots” section below this box. connected the voltmeter ammeter a coin across the
5) Try more challenges from the bingo card wrong way, so measuring the measuring the conducts lightbulb
the electrons voltage across current in the electricity
to the right. Each time you complete don’t flow the battery circuit
one, do the following:
● Copy the words from the box Has two bulbs Has a really Has a brighter Has a switch Has a switch
and paste them in the in parallel slow current bulb than the that controls that controls
flowing last circuit you both of two only one of
“screenshots” section below. through the made bulbs in a two bulbs in
● Take a screenshot of your circuit wire circuit the circuit
and paste it below the
appropriate words.
● Highlight the words on the
Bingo card (the first one has
already been highlighted for
you)

For a passing grade: complete any line of 5.


For full credit: complete two lines of 5.
For extra credit: finish the board!
Screenshots:

Giana Logatto:

Lighting a lightbulb with two wires and a battery (paste screenshot below):

Has 2 bulbs in a parallel


Has a voltmeter measuring the voltage across the battery

Has a switch in it, to turn the bulb on or off

Has two bulbs in series


Is a short circuit (battery is on fire)

Has four bulbs that are all lit


Cristina Gandolfo:

Has a really slow current flowing through the wire

Tests whether a paper clip conducts electricity

Tests whether a hand conducts electricity


Has more than one battery

Has an ammeter measuring the current in the circuit.

Includes a resistor

Has a brighter bulb than the last circuit you made


Has more than one possible path for electrons to take

Tests whether an eraser conducts electricity

Includes a lightbulb and a resistor

Has three bulbs with the same brightness


Has two bulbs, each with different brightness

Has a broken fuse

Has batteries connected the wrong way, so the electrons don’t flow
Tests whether a coin conducts electricity

Has 18 V across the lightbulb

Has a switch that controls only one of two bulbs in the circuit:

Has a switch that controls both of two bulbs in a circuit


QUESTIONS:
What factors determine whether a material will conduct electricity?
Taking electrons away determines whether a material is able to conduct electricity.

How does the type of circuit (series v. parallel) affect the brightness of the bulbs? Why do you think that is?
The type of circuit affects the brightness of the bulbs. The bulbs in the parallel circuit are much brighter than
the bulbs in the series circuit. I think this happens because both bulbs are in a parallel circuit.

What does a switch do?


The switch manages the current in a circuit.

What does a fuse do?


The fuse is meant to melt when there is too much current inside of the electrical circuit.

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