Lesson Planning
Teaching
- Investigate, design and make a dimmer switch.
- Describe how a dimmer switch affects resistance.
- Incorporate a dimmer switch into their design.
- Identify materials and tools required to make a prototype.
Activities
- Investigate and develop a dimmer switch.
- Identify materials and tools for their design.
Investigation - problem solving, exploring
Design and make a dimmer switch.
Vocabulary
Electricity, appliances/device, electrical circuit, complete circuit, components, cell, battery, positive/negative, terminal, connect/connection, loose connection, short circuit, wire, crocodile clip, bulb, bright/dim, switch, buzzer, volume, motor, fast(er)/slow(er), conductor, insulator, metal/non metal, voltage, current, resistance