Circuit Construction Kit (DC) Virtual Lab Name:

Goals: Practice drawing circuit diagrams

Reinforcement of Ohm’s Law
Introduction of Series and Parallel circuits
Learn about conductors and insulators.

Make sure to explore/click around- if you do it will make your job much easier!
For this assignment- draw bulbs as resistors.

1. (a)
Objects that allow electricity to flow Objects that do not allow electricity to flow
(conductors) (insulators)
dollarbill,eraser
wire ,fuse,paper clip ,coin ,pencil,hand,dog

(b) What do the conductors have in common?

Conductors have free electrons in the valence shells of the atoms of the materials that can mov

(c) What do the insulators have in common?

Insulators are materials whose atoms have tightly bound electrons so they do not allow electric

2. Create a Circuit using 1 battery, 1 bulb, 1 resistor ,1 switch, ammeter and voltmeter
(to measure the voltage of bulb).
3. Observe the changes on above circuit when the wire resistivity has changed. ( from tiny
to lots). Kindly state your reason. when The resistance increases, the current decreases
because the electrons flowing in the wire start to collide with the metallic ions within the
metallic lattice structure more often.

4. Observe the changes on above circuit when the battery resistivity has changed. ( from
tiny to 10ohms). Kindly state your reason.

when The resistance increases, the current decreases because the electrons flowing in the wire

5. Set up a circuit where there are three bulbs and three switches in use. Create a circuit (and
draw the circuit diagram below) where when one switch is open, all the bulbs go out.
6. Set up a circuit where there are three bulbs and three switches in use. Create a circuit (and
draw the circuit diagram below) where when one switch is open, only one bulb goes out.

7. Use the circuit above what can you do (adding/taking away switches, bulbs or wires) to
increase the brightness of the bulbs. Draw two circuits that do this, and underneath write
and explanation of what you did to increase the brightness.
1talking switch
2adding wire
8. Create a circuit diagram of a short circuit A good sign of this is the wire turning on fire!!
 9. You design toys for a toy company. Your boss wants you to hook up the lights in the toy
car you are working on in the cheapest way possible, without consideration of the quality
of the toy. Which circuit should you use if you want to save money by using fewer parts?
It would be better to use a series circuit.

Why would this circuit be cheaper?

they use less wire.

10. You are an electrician working on a house. What type of circuit should you use for the
house so that the owners don’t call to complain about their wiring?
we should use a parallel circuit.

Why use this circuit?

because one person can use electricity and one can not at the same time.

11. Experiment with the simulator, see what you can make it do!
a. What did you do the make the light bulbs glow brighter?
adding battery.

b. What did you do to make light bulbs glow dimmer? adding bulb.

c. How can you cause a fire? (In the simulator...NOT in the real world!)

when there is not resistor and there is a low resistance connection and cause excessive flow of curren

12. How many resistors is equivalent to a light bulb? (Make sure to brainstorm different ideas
to find that out.
1 resistors is equivalent to a light bulb