Electrical Circuits · Physical Science

Circuit Design and Components

Building and testing circuits to compare the efficiency of series and parallel configurations.

Key Questions

  1. 1Why does one light bulb going out in a house not turn off every other light?
  2. 2What would happen to the current if we doubled the resistance in a circuit?
  3. 3How do we measure the invisible 'pressure' of electricity in a battery?

ACARA Content Descriptions

AC9S9U08
Year: Year 9
Subject: Science
Unit: Electrical Circuits
Period: Physical Science

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