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Gets Charged

From The Magic School Bus · 1997

Gets Charged
26 min2nd3rd4th5thScience
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Summary

When the Friz's doorbell won't ring, the class shrinks into a circuit to find out why. They learn how electricity flows through a complete loop.

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Discussion questions

Discussion

When the Friz's doorbell won't ring, the class shrinks into a circuit to find out why.

  1. What does a circuit need to make a bulb light up?
  2. What happens if there's a gap in the circuit?
  3. Why does a switch turn a light on and off?

Quick work-a-long

Vocabulary: circuit, electricity, current.

Try it: Draw a simple circuit with a battery, wire, and bulb, and label the loop.

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