Current, voltage, resistance, conductors and insulators, series and parallel circuits, electrical symbols and circuit diagrams – this engaging and enjoyable board game, for up to six pupils per set, has 54 questions on these basics of current electricity. Use it to consolidate and reinforce learning at the end of the module or for test prep.
Prior Knowledge Required
- The symbols for switch, resistor, battery, voltmeter, ammeter, motor, buzzer
- and able to recognise series and parallel circuits.
- Metals and non-metals as conductors and insulators.
- Current is a flow of electrons and metal ions cause resistance.
- Batteries contain chemicals and provide the push or voltage to current.
- Voltage is the difference in energy level between two points in a circuit.
- Comparative resistance of long/short, thin/thick wires.
- Know that insulators have high resistances and the resistance of all conductors
- is comparatively lower.
- Comparative brightness of identical lamps in series and parallel and the effect
- of removing a lamp.
- Ammeters are placed in series and voltmeters in parallel.
- Current is measured in amps and voltage in volts.
- Current in series and parallel circuits.
- Voltage in series and parallel circuits.
- Current and voltage vary with number of batteries.
- Metal ions causing high and low resistance conductors.
- Relationship between resistance and current.
Included in this Pack
- Game board
- 54 Question cards with questions of varying difficulty
- Teacher answer sheet
- Instruction sheet.
Preparation
- Photocopy Board onto A3 paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included).
- Photocopy question sheets onto paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included) and cut into question cards.
How to Play
- Highest score of dice starts
- Pupils take turns and work their way around the board following the instructions in the squares.
A symbol on the board showswhen the stud takes a question card from the face down pile. If correct they move on 2 spaces.
If a player thinks an answer given by an opponent is incorrect they can challenge. If the challenge is correct the challenger moves forward 2 spaces. If the challenge is wrong the challenger moves back two spaces.
In the event of a challenge, pupils are encouraged to consult their books but the teacher has a quick-check answer sheet.
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