Wednesday 14 September 2011

Conductors and insulators.

Last week we made circuits and used them to test various materials to see if they are conductors or insulators.
No light with a pencil in the circuit - it is an insulator.
A coin lets the electricity through so it is a conductor.
No light with plastic!
A silver ring conducted electricity.
Light from a chain!
A nail works ...
a rusty nail works ...

but not if the wires are touching the rusty bits!
Recording our results.

1 comment:

  1. I loved making the circuit from ryan.watt.

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