Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Oct. 22 – Currents and Circuits

Current Electricity and Circuits

Learning Goals: Understand how current flows through a circuit.

Success Criteria: You can describe the different parts of a circuit and recognize whether it is open or closed.

I'm madly marking away at your element assignments so please forgive me for a shorter blog post today.  Here are the handouts:



A common circuit with wires, battery, switch and bulb.
Keep in mind a circuit is like a roller coaster:
A circuit is like a roller coaster.  A chain (battery) starts the roller coaster (electrons) moving and they go all the way around the track (wires). 


Homework: Questions listed at the bottom of the handouts.

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