Making Electricity Flow: Voltage and Resistance
Students will qualitatively explore how the 'push' (voltage) from a battery makes electricity flow and how different materials or components can 'resist' that flow.
Key Questions
- What happens to a light bulb if you use a bigger battery?
- Why does a long, thin wire make a bulb dimmer than a short, thick wire?
- How can we make electricity flow more or less easily in a circuit?
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