1. Investigation one: Electricity
Book one: energy
Investigation one:
Electricity

2. Focus questions What is needed to light a light bulb?
What is a conductor of electricity?
What is the difference between series and parallel circuits?

3. Get your Plicker’s answer pages ready!
Plicker’s intro
Get your Plicker’s answer pages ready!

4. Flashlight activity

5. 1. Energy -
The ability to do work

6. To use force to move an object
2. work -
To use force to move an object

7. Observable evidence of energy
3. Motion -
Observable evidence of energy

8. Observable evidence of energy
4. Light -
Observable evidence of energy

9. A place where energy comes from
5. Energy source -
A place where energy comes from

10. Types of Energy sources

11. Energy that flows through circuits
6. Electricity -
Energy that flows through circuits

12. What does electricity create?

13. A pathway for the flow of electricity
7. circuit -
A pathway for the flow of electricity

14. The flow of electricity through a conductor
8. Electric Current -
The flow of electricity through a conductor

15. A complete circuit in which electricity flows
9. Closed circuit -
A complete circuit in which electricity flows

16. An incomplete circuit in which electricity can’t flow
10. Open circuit -
An incomplete circuit in which electricity can’t flow

17. 11. Component -
One item in a circuit

18. 12. Contact point -
A place in a circuit where connections are made to allow electricity to flow through

19. A source of electricity; A battery
13. d-cell -
A source of electricity; A battery

20. The positive and negative ends of a battery
14. Terminal -
The positive and negative ends of a battery

21. A source of stored chemical energy
15. Battery -
A source of stored chemical energy

22. A metal object which an electric current moves through
16. wire -
A metal object which an electric current moves through

23. 17. lightbulb -
A filament held by two stiff wires and surrounded by a clear glass globe

24. A device to open and close circuits
18. switch -
A device to open and close circuits

25. A device that produces motion with electricity
19. motor -
A device that produces motion with electricity

26. Parts of a circuit drawing

27. Make a lightbulb light up!
Experiment!
Make a lightbulb light up!

28. A circuit that has one pathway for a current to flow
20. series circuit -
A circuit that has one pathway for a current to flow

29. A circuit that has two or more pathways for current to flow
21. Parallel circuit -
A circuit that has two or more pathways for current to flow

30. A substance that electricity will flow through
22. Conductor -
A substance that electricity will flow through

31. A substance that electricity will not flow through
23. Insulator -
A substance that electricity will not flow through

32. What is a conductor of electricity?
Experiment!
What is a conductor of electricity?

33. Focus questions What is needed to light a light bulb?
What is a conductor of electricity?
What is the difference between series and parallel circuits?