Nicolas Reed Science Blog

Regular Circuit Link      My science class had to do a project that involved circuit.  What we had to do for that project was we had to make a parallel or series circuit and then do a paper on our circuit. I chose to do a series circuit and my partner was (you didn't have to have a partner) Ethan.  One thing I learned was that you could make really cool inventions by making a circuit.   Another thing I learned was that for some circuits it is easy to explain to people how the circuit works because the circuit is pretty simple but for some people it is hard because their circuit is very complicated.  I learned is that tin foil is a great tool when using circuits.  Because it is a platform basically it is also great because it can fold so it is good to put around bowls so the bowl (that is now covered) can be used for many different types of circuits.  The last thing I learned was that if you have one battery that has a lot of volts and you put a light on it you could literally

Parallel Circuit Series Circuit      This week I learned about different types of circuits and how and why they work. One type of circuit I learned about is a parallel circuit. A parallel circuit is a circuit that two things that are using electricity and that will never touch each other. Another type of circuit I learned about is a series circuit. A series circuit is a circuit with two or more of the same thing that is using electricity and is in the same circuit. One interesting fact I learned about a series circuit is that if you are making a series circuit with lights and you literally take of the light of one of the lights the other light won't work because that light that is working is relying on the other light to either finish the circuit or keep the electricity flow of the circuit to move.

Link      This week in my science class we did circuit stations and answered questions about them.  There were 12 circuit stations and each station involved a battery(s), wire(s), and a light(s). What I learned from doing this is how to complete a circuit and what are conductors of electricity, which is metal. I also learned how to be safe around electricity. Another thing I learned was if you use batteries when you are trying to make a light light up it makes the light brighter. If you are going to do (I also learned this) this you can't have both plus sides connected with each other because then it can't complete the circuit. The last thing I learned was that if you are trying to make a light light up like in this picture the copper wire can only be on the plus and minus sides (like in the picture) of the battery and no where else because then it stops the electricity flow.