Electricity is fascinating and its all around us! Experimenting with a small light bulb, battery and untwisted paper clip allows you to develop a working understanding of the electricity that you have grown accustom to. Various arrangements of the battery, bulb, and paper clip were tested until we saw the bulb light up! In our experiment, if the light was not connected to one end of the battery and the paper clip to the other, nothing happened because there is not a complete circuit. As long as there is a circle for something called an electric current to flow around, the small wire inside the bulb will glow! Doing this activity as an adult was interesting, so performing it with students will be fascinating for them. Also it will capture their interests and hopefully bring a bit of wonder back into normal everyday things that we take for granted.
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