Lights in a Parallel Circuit

These bulbs are in series.

If one bulb blows the circuit is broken and all the lights go out!

These bulbs are in a parallel circuit.

If one bulb blows the others still light up.
Can you see why?
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Challenges using Bulbs

Make a circuit
Make a circuit
with a buzzer
with a buzzer
which can be
which stops
switched on or
when the switch
off, but a light
is closed or
that remains on
pressed.
all the time

Create a circuit
with four bulbs Make a circuit
in series. How which has two
many cells do switches & two
you need to bulbs.
power your With one switch
circuit so that controlling just
the bulbs glow one bulb.
brightly?

Make a circuit
Make a circuit
with a motor
with two
and a bulb which
buzzers which
always stay on.
can be turned on
What are the
or off at the
least number of
same time.
wires that you
can use?