Mobile Inquiry Technology: Parallel Versus Series Circuits

Students explore circuits.  In this electricity science lesson, students build a circuit board after viewing a related PowerPoint presentation. Detailed instructions are included.

Experiment with electric circuits and conductivity. Young scientists will model and discuss how an electric circuit works. First they will draw a model of the flow of electrons and then build an actual circuit. Finally, they will explain...

A sleepy-sounding narrator explains how batteries and circuits work. Simple computer animations display the movement of electrons through parallel and series circuits. Since the narrator speaks slowly and clearly, and the animations are...

This investigation has students investigating and measuring the decay of batteries as their electric charges are used up in circuits.

Students compare series and parallel circuits. In this electricity and circuits lesson, students roleplay as a "wire" passing an energy ball to demonstrate how a series circuit works and how the circuit can be broken. Students construct...

This investigation has students examining how electric and magnetic charges are related. They will look at how an electric current is affected by the proximity of a magnet.

For this activity, students examine how thermometers are calibrated. They develop an understanding of the importance of having standard measurement tools for accuracy in scientific research.

Fourth graders explore electrical circuits. In this electrical circuit lesson, 4th graders research the history of the use of light and read a biography regarding Benjamin Franklin. Students the build basic circuits, series...

Students explore parallel and series circuits. In this electrical circuit lesson, students  investigate the differences between series and parallel circuits.  Students observe the benefits and drawbacks of series and parallel...

In this lesson, students build series and parallel circuits and test their conductivity. Includes handouts with diagrams, and a vocabulary list with definitions.