Station One:

Task:  "Batteries – Old or New?"

 


How to do this task

 


Follow these steps, then answer the question below.

•   You have a torch and 4 batteries.
•   The batteries are numbered 1, 2, 3, and 4.
•   Some of the batteries are new and some are old.
•   Your task is to find out which 2 batteries are new and which 2 batteries are old.

 


Questions

 

a)

Write down what you find out as you try out the batteries.

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b)

Fill out the table to show which batteries are new and which are old.

 

Battery

Circle your answer

Battery 1

New or old

Battery 2

New or old

Battery 3

New or old

Battery 4

New or old

 

Station Two:

 

Task:  “Brightest Light”

 

 

Predict which bulb will shine the brightest.

 

 

                   

 

 

 

Test your prediction with 1 and then 2 batteries.

 

What was the result?

 

 

 

 


Station Three:

 

Task:  “Crocodile Clips”

free download http://www.crocodile-clips.com/education/crocphys/down.htm Crocodile Clips Elementary (1.1Meg)

 

This is a computer program that allows you to build and test electrical circuits.

 

Drag an small battery from the top task bar into the middle of the screen.

 

Add a lamp from the top task bar.

 

By clicking on the end connections and moving the mouse wired can be added to complete the circuit.

 

It should look like this:

 

 

 

Can you add a switch to turn the light on and off?

 

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