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Title How Can You Light A Bulb?
Description This guided activity is designed for elementary students (targeted at grades 3 - 5) as they explore circuits. Students build different circuits, draw and write about what they find, and share answers. Students explore conducting and non-conducting materials and determine property(ies) of conducting materials. The activity is written as a 5E lesson.
Subject Physics
Level K-5, Middle School
Type Guided Activity, Lab
Duration 60 minutes
Answers Included Yes
Language Engleski
Keywords circuits, electricity, elementary (K-5)
Simulation(s) Dizajniranje strujnih krugova (HTML5), Dizajniranje srujnih krugova (samo DC)


Author(s) Julie Henderleiter
School / Organization Grand Valley State University
Date submitted 2015.06.24
Date updated 2017.10.30