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Identify the Cause of Problems in Electrical Circuits

In this worksheet, students will be asked to think about different circuits and what might be wrong with the components.

'Identify the Cause of Problems in Electrical Circuits' worksheet

Key stage:  KS 2

Year:  Year 4 Science worksheets

Curriculum topic:   Electricity

Curriculum subtopic:   Simple Circuits

Difficulty level:  

Worksheet Overview

There are many different types of circuits we can build.

We can build ones with a bulb, a buzzer, a switch or even a combination of all of these.

 

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Below, is a circuit with just a bulb:

 

simple circuit with bulb

 

Below, is a circuit with a bulb and a switch.

 

circuit with switch

 

Here's a circuit with a buzzer and a switch.

 

circuit with buzzer

 

Below, is a circuit with a bulb, buzzer and switch.

 

circuit with multiple components

 

In this activity, we will think about the different components of simple circuits and also try to identify what might have gone wrong with some circuits!

 

Are you ready to have a go?

 

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