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Trial 2 - Light a minature holiday bulb using a battery

1. You can use a battery to light a holiday bulb. Obtain a holiday bulb from your teacher. See if you can make it light by connecting it to a battery.

2. Where do you have to connect the bulb to the battery to make it light? Draw a picture of your set-up showing the wire connections.Refer to Technical Hints to see how to use the drawing tool.

   
   

3. What do you think will happen to the brightness of the bulb if you connect it to two batteries?
   
   
4. Give this a try. What does having more voltage across a bulb (connecting it to two batteries) do to the brightness of a bulb?