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Teach Engineering: Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side ActivityTeach Engineering: Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side Activity
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TeachEngineering
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3rd - 5th
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Science
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Teach Engineering: Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side

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We are surrounded everyday by circuits that utilize "in parallel" and "in series" circuitry. Complicated circuits designed by engineers are made of many simpler parallel and series circuits. In this hands-on activity, students build parallel circuits, exploring how they function and their unique features.

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Concepts

electricity, engineering, stem, parallel circuits

Additional Tags

circuit diagram, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, ohm’s law, teachengineering, circuit, light bulb, parallel circuit

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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