Electrical Circuits Lab

Students light a bulb, use a switch, test conductors, compare series and parallel circuits and fix broken circuits.

Grades 4–5Virtual lab · 5 stations1 student per deviceNo student loginsWorks offline

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Try it free: the demo opens the Start page and Station 1 right in your browser. No sign-up needed.

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Grade level

Grades 4–5: Simple circuits, conductors, series vs. parallel and repairs for Grades 4–5

What students practice

Closed and open circuits, switches, conductors and insulators, series vs. parallel circuits, troubleshooting faults, energy transfer by electric current

Standards

NGSS: 4-PS3-2 · 4-PS3-4 · 5-PS1-3

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.