{"id":10419,"date":"2024-09-13T07:06:03","date_gmt":"2024-09-13T07:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/?page_id=10419"},"modified":"2024-09-26T06:50:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T06:50:50","slug":"make-a-simple-circuit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/science-center\/make-a-simple-circuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Make a Simple Circuit"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"10419\" class=\"elementor elementor-10419\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-457cdc1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"457cdc1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af43870 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"af43870\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Make a Simple Circuit<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd2eb22 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fd2eb22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1edc009 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1edc009\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5615a8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f5615a8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6866610 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6866610\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For this project you\u2019ll build a simple circuit with a switch that allows you to control the flow of electricity. The individual parts can then be used later for other experiments.<\/p><p><strong>Materials you will need:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a class=\"anchorhover\" href=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/science-center\/how-to-build-a-power-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Energizer\u00ae Power Pack\"><em>Energizer<\/em>\u00ae Power Pack<\/a><\/li><li>Spring-tension wood or plastic clothespin<\/li><li>Number 22 insulated copper bell wire<\/li><li>Small block of wood<\/li><li>Nail, thumbtacks, and paper clip<\/li><li>3-volt flashlight bulb<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc042d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc042d0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b35e98 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2b35e98\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-136ad58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"136ad58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>How to Build the Circuit:<\/strong><\/p><p>1. Wind one wire from the Energizer\u00ae Power Pack around a thumbtack. Hook a paperclip around the tack and press it into the wood block. Cut a new wire, strip both ends, and wrap each end around two more thumbtacks. Press one thumbtack into the wood so that when the paperclip rotates it will make contact and close the switch. Press the other thumbtack into the location where the light bulb will be held. Wrap the other wire from the Energizer Power Pack around the light bulb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b3a94c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5b3a94c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-974565b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"974565b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Wind-one-wire.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10421\" alt=\"Wind one wire\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-966ea9f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"966ea9f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b39eef e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3b39eef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c233f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c233f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. Position the clothespin so that it will hold the bulb directly above the thumbtack and then nail it into the wood block. Insert the bulb into the clothespin so that it is making contact with the thumbtack. When the circuit switch is open (Figure 2) current does not flow to the bulb.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed4641b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ed4641b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81dafcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81dafcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"165\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Position-the-clothespin.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10424\" alt=\"Position the clothespin\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0f7976 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c0f7976\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1194a6a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1194a6a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eace8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eace8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>3. When you rotate the paperclip and make contact with the second thumbtack you close and complete the circuit, current flows through the circuit and lights up the bulb (Figure 3).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a40be2b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a40be2b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6378525 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6378525\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"164\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/Rotate-the-paperclip.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10425\" alt=\"rotate the paperclip\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b028626 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b028626\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca15d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6ca15d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03107db elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"03107db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The switch, bulb holder, and portable power pack are a complete circuit and arrangement of conductors; they allow the passage of electric current through the wire. Metal objects make the best conductors. Copper, brass, steel, or a strip of tin can have many free electrons capable of being moved along by an electromotive force such as voltage from the battery. In insulators, such as the wire covering, electrons do not move easily, so you can work with electricity safely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a1896a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3a1896a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0e2fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ec0e2fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"152\" src=\"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/The-switch-bulb-holder-and-portable-power-pack.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10426\" alt=\"The switch bulb holder and portable power pack\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make a Simple Circuit For this project you\u2019ll build a simple circuit with a switch that allows you to control the flow of electricity. The individual parts can then be used later for other experiments. Materials you will need: Energizer\u00ae Power Pack Spring-tension wood or plastic clothespin Number 22 insulated copper bell wire Small block [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":10325,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10419\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/energizer.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}