Parallel and Series Circuits

This is your DC Circuit Construction Simulator

Step 1

Watch this video on how to make a simple Paper Circuit.

Circuit Sticker tutorial 1- simple LED circuit-SD.mp4

Step 2

Watch this video showing four different circuits

Simple Circuit
Parallel Circuit (3 lights, one battery)
Simple Switch Circuit
Blinking Light Switch (one light, three contacts or on/off switches)

Circuit Sticker Sketchbook-SD.mp4

Step 3 - Formative

Explore the DC Circuit Simulator and build the Simple Switch Circuit - your final project should look like this:

Devices and Settings

Battery - 9V, 0Ω

Lightbulb - 10Ω

Switch - 0Ω

Wire - 0Ω

Switch Open

Switch Closed

Step 4 - Formative

Build a parallel and series circuit with 3 lights, one battery and one switch. A parallel paper circuit and its template is shown to the right. The Simple Switch above is a series circuit with one battery, one switch and one light in series.

If you use the same battery and same lights - in which circuit are the lights brighter?

3 LED Parallel Paper Circuit

Step 5 - Summative

Design a circuit simulator with 4 lights and 4 individual switches running off of a single battery. Each light is controlled by a single switch, so that it is possible to turn on any combination of 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-lights at any one time.

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