Light a Lighbulb Preview CT-STEM

CHALLENGE 5

Make the LED bulb light with one wire and a battery.

NOTE: Do not leave your LED connected to your battery for long. LEDs usually need to be in circuits with resistors to ensure the bulbs don't blow. You will learn about this in more detail in later lessons.

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Question 5.1

Draw the orientation that made the light bulb light in challenge 5.

Note: Draw your sketch in the sketchpad below

Question 5.2

What is special about LED bulbs that is different from the regular light bulb? If you did not see this right away, go back and redo challenge 4, but put the opposite wires on the "legs" of the LED bulb.

Question 5.3

Which leg of the LED bulb should connect to the positive side of the battery?

long
short

Notes

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