Name(s)______________________________________

Light Bulb Exploration

In this lab, you will be given a battery, a small light bulb, and aluminum foil. By experiments,
you will develop a working understanding of how the battery and bulb must be connected so that
the bulb will light.  

Question:  How can we get the bulb to light using the equi

pment provided?

Equipment:   Batteries (D cells work best),  Light Bulbs (flashlight size),  Aluminum Foil,  Masking Tape

Data and Observations

Try different arrangements. Use a drawing to show one arrangement that did NOT work, and one arrangement that did work.

Sketches:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extension:   Add another light bulb to the system.   What did you need to do to get BOTH bulbs to light?  Use a sketch or a description.