LET’S TRY ONE
A wire is disconnected in a battery-and-bulb circuit. What happens to the path?
It is open.
The gap breaks the complete conducting path.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Recognize that a simple battery circuit needs a complete conducting path.
- Use only safe classroom battery circuits with adult guidance; never test mains electricity.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Make one new example with a partner. Identify the evidence for your answer before checking it together.
Use only safe classroom battery circuits with adult guidance; never test mains electricity.