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More batteries, brighter bulb

Associate the brightness of a lamp or volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in a series circuit

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Check understanding

  • Describe the pattern: more cells (or higher voltage) = brighter bulb / louder buzzer
  • Explain that more cells provide more energy to the circuit
  • Predict the effect of changing the number of cells on a component's behaviour
“Can your child explain why adding a second battery makes the bulb brighter, and predict what happens with three batteries?”

Curriculum record

Type
Conceptual
Subject
Science
Domain
Energy
Age range
Ages 10–11

Standards

uk-nc-2013:Y6.Sci.E.1