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🔋 More Batteries, Brighter Bulb

Find out how a battery pushes electricity, why adding more batteries makes a bulb glow brighter, and what it takes to build a working circuit.

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~15 min

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🔬 Science

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Ages 6–12

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What you’ll learn

The Push Behind ElectricityUnderstand that a battery pushes electricity round a circuit and that the push is called voltage.Electricity flows from a battery through wires to light a bulb. The battery works like a pump, pushing the electricity along. The strength of that push is called voltage, measured in volts.
More Push, More FlowExplain that more batteries give a bigger push, more current, and a brighter bulb.Batteries in a row add their pushes together, giving a higher voltage. A bigger push sends more electricity through the bulb each second, so it glows brighter. Too many batteries, though, can overheat a small bulb.
A Simple CircuitDescribe a complete circuit and how a switch opens or closes the loop.Electricity flows only in a complete loop from the battery, through the wires and bulb, and back again. A switch is a gap you can open to stop the flow or close to start it. Break the loop anywhere and the bulb goes dark.

Questions this course answers

What does a battery do in a circuit?

A battery acts like a pump, pushing the electricity around the circuit.

What is voltage?

Voltage is the strength of the push a battery gives, measured in volts.

What happens to a bulb when you add more batteries in a row?

More batteries push more electricity through the bulb, so it glows brighter.

Why can too many batteries be a problem for a small bulb?

Too strong a push forces so much electricity through that the bulb overheats and burns out.

When will electricity flow to light the bulb?

Electricity flows only when there is a complete loop from the battery and back.

What does opening a switch do?

Opening a switch makes a gap in the loop, so the electricity stops flowing and the bulb goes dark.

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BBC Bitesize
The Physics Classroom
Britannica

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