1. Name: _______________________
Nora has a battery, a light bulb, and three pieces of wire. She wants to see how many pieces of wire she needs to use to make the bulb light up.
Make a prediction: what is the smallest number of wires she must to get the bulb to light up?
0 wires
1 wire
2 wires
3 wires
4 wires
Now, get your bulb to light up using the MINIMUM amount of materials provided.
2. Explain how you made your bulb light up.
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3. Draw your design below.

2. Now, get your bulb to light up using a DIFFERENT way than the one you found before.
4. Explain how you made your bulb light up.
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5. Draw your design below.
Finally, find one way that WILL NOT allow the bulb to light up.
6. Explain why you think the bulb does not light up this time.
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7. Draw your design below.