Critical Thinking and Problem SolvingCircuit Construction Kit: DC
Circuit Construction Kit: DC
PhET Interactive Simulations · CU Boulder
Build series and parallel circuits with cells, bulbs and switches, and measure current and voltage. Online enrichment.
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Build series and parallel circuits with cells, bulbs and switches, and measure current and voltage. Online enrichment.
What the simulation shows
- By the end of the lesson the learner can identify the parts of a simple electric circuit and draw its symbols.
- By the end of the lesson the learner can distinguish series from parallel circuits.
- By the end of the lesson the learner can describe how current, voltage and resistance are related.
Audio narration — reads aloud, works offline
This self-contained HTML5 simulation is bundled inside the delivered package and runs fully offline (no external URLs).