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- 1. Name: Date: Which materials conduct electricity? Conductors are ___________________ that let electricity pass through them. We know that __________ is a good conductor because it is used in electrical _____________. If a circuit has a material in it which is not a ________________ then the circuit will not work. Use these words to fill in the gaps: materials conductor metal circuits Conductors experiment. Aim: We want to find out which materials conduct electricity in a circuit. We will test wood, paper, card, plastic and cotton. We will not test metal because we already know that it would conduct electricity. Prediction: What do you think will be the best conductor? Why? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Method: How will we test the different materials? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ What equipment will we need? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________
- 2. Diagram: What will our experiment look like? Results table: Material Did it light the Was the light bright Is this material a bulb? or dim? conductor? Conclusion: Which materials did conduct the electricity? How do you know? Which ones didn’t conduct the electricity? Were your predictions right? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________