1. Simple Circuits Explained
GLE Describe how simple circuits are associated with the transfer of electrical energy.
Simple Circuits Explained

2. Bill Nye Electricity (25mins)
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3. Electricity
Electricity is a type of energy made of the flow of electrons
Electrons are negatively charged particles of atoms

4. Check for Understanding
What is electricity?
Of what is electricity made?
What part of an atom has a negative charge?

5. Answers Electricity is a type of energy Made of moving electrons
Electrons are negatively charged

6. Circuit
Open circuit is an incomplete path that does not allow electricity to flow through it
Closed circuit is a complete path that allows electricity to flow through it
Think about the switch in a circuit…
Switch is up- means it is open- electricity does not flow through it
Switch is down- means it is closed- electricity flows

7. Check for Understanding
Which is open? Which is closed?
Left
Right

8. Answers
Left was closed. Right was open or broken.

9. Batteries Chemical Potential Energy is stored inside the battery
It is transformed into electrical energy when it leaves the negative end of the battery

10. Check for Understanding
What kind of energy is stored inside a battery?
What kind of energy transformation occurs when using batteries in a music player?

11. Answers Chemical Potential Energy is inside a battery.
Chemical energy leaves the battery and is transformed into electrical energy as it moves through the wire- the electrical energy is transformed into light, sound, and even heat energy.

12. Wire Copper wire is the best conductor
Conductors allow electrical energy to flow through them
Insulated wire keeps the electricity from flowing through your hands when you touch it
Insulators do not allow electrical energy to flow through them.
For electricity to flow, the metal ends of the wire must have a good connection with the metal of other objects (battery, lightbulb)

13. Check for Understanding
What is a conductor?
Other than a copper wire, what are some other examples of electrical conductors?
What is the opposite of a conductor?
Can you name some examples of those?

14. Answers Conductors allow electrical energy to flow
Metals are conductors. Examples include bronze, silver, chrome, iron, aluminum, etc.
An insulator is the opposite of a conductor
Insulator examples include plastic, glass, rope

15. Light Bulb Considered a resistor
Resists the flows of electricity through it or
Slows down the flow of electricity (friction)
This is why heat is produced, and not just light

16. Check for Understanding
What is electrical resistance?
What are examples of resistors?
Why do resistors produce heat?

17. Answers Something that resists the flow of electricity
Examples of resistors include a light bulb, a simple motor, a doorbell, a speaker, a fan motor, etc
If a material has a high resistance, it means electricity will struggle to get through it. The more the electricity has to struggle, the more energy is converted to heat energy. 

18. Simple Circuit
The electrical energy flows out of the negative terminal of the battery, flows through the wire, through the loop in the light bulb, back out another wire, and enters into the positive end of the battery

19. Check for Understanding
Can you draw an example of a simple circuit on the board?
Using only three parts? A wire, battery, and bulb?
Make sure the ends of the wire touch the correct places on the battery and bulb.

20. Answers

21. Video Clip on Circuits
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22. Two Types of Circuits
Series Circuit- there is only one pathway for electricity to flow
Parallel Circuit- there is more than one pathway for electricity to flow
Series
Parallel

23. Series or Parallel?

24. Answer
Parallel Circuit

25. Series or Parallel?

26. Answer
Series Circuit

27. Series or Parallel?

28. Answer
Series Circuit

29. Check for Understanding
Which circuit will allow one light bulb to remain lit if the other bulb is removed?
Which circuit has only one pathway for electricity to flow?

30. Answers Parallel Circuit -other light will remain lit
Series Circuit -only one pathway

31. TCAP Practice Question 1

32. Answer C

33. TCAP Practice Question 2

34. Answer B

35. TCAP Practice Question 3

36. Answer C

37. TCAP Practice Question 4

38. Answer B

39. TCAP Practice Question 5

40. Answer B