Electrical Circuits
Time
2.3 hrs
Difficulty
Advanced
Prerequisites
Soldering
Departments
Human Technologies
Authors
Ross Parker
Groupings
Individual
Pairs
Pairs
Minimum Year Group
None
Blurb
In this unit you will put your soldering skills to use by creating electrical circuits using a range of components.
License
This work is shared under the following license: Creative Commons BY-SA-NC
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10 mins
What's A Circuit
Introduction
- An electrical circuit is a conductive path, through which electricity can flow.
- Watch the video below to extend your thinking:
10 mins
What's A Component
Useful Stuff
- Components are electric items that can be built into a circuit to achieve some goal.
- Consider the components listed below, and where you might use them:
120 mins
Your Task
Hands On
- You will need to borrow a Circuit Building Kit from C108:
- Spend some time designing a circuit that fills a particular function.
- Solder your circuit together.
- You might need to scavenge some extra wire to link components together
- Film your circuit in action, narrating it to explain what is happening.
- Submit your video as evidence of your learning.
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