Electrical Circuits and Troubleshooting Lab

Students measure Ohm's law, compare series and parallel circuits, blow a car fuse and use a multimeter to find faults.

Grades 6–8Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Grade level

Grades 6–8: Ideal meters on 9 V and 12 V circuits, with 5 hidden faults to diagnose

What students practice

Voltage, current and resistance, Ohm's law, series and parallel circuits, electrical power, fuses and circuit safety, multimeter troubleshooting, graphing data

Standards

NGSS: MS-ETS1-3 · MS-ETS1-4 · MS-PS2-3 · MS-PS3-5

How it works

Open the game file in any web browser: Chromebooks, laptops or your smartboard. No accounts, no student logins and no internet needed once it's downloaded.
Each student types their name on the Start page, then works through the stations in order. Each station has a prediction, a hands-on activity, a data table or log that fills in as they work and a check question.
Students finish with a printable lab report (print or save as PDF). The Teacher Notes include the standards, a full answer key and a reset button for shared devices.
Each purchase includes the lab file and a one-page Quick Start guide.