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Activities for Junior Electricians

The one page diagrams listed below are from The How and Why Wonder Book of Electricity, Copyright 1960, 1969, Grosset & Dunlap, all rights reserved; Jerome Notkin and Sidney Gultkin Editors, illustrated by Robert Patterson and Charles Bernard. The illustrations appear pending permission from Penguin Putnam Inc., a fine book publisher for many generations. Grosset & Dunlap (link now dead) is now a division or imprint of Penguin Putnam.

The list of projects

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Print out the images to make them easy to read. Start with the simple activities first. Children will need help with finding parts and in manipulating wires. Even though these projects are safe, adults should assist children with any electrical experimenting.

No. 1. How does your flashlight work?

No. 2. How can a switch help us?

No. 3. How can we connect two dry cells to give us more power than one cell?

No 4. How can we connect two dry cells to make them last longer?

No. 5. How can we connect several light bulbs in series?

No. 6. How can we connect several light bulbs in parallel?

No. 7. How can we find out which objects are good conductors?

No 10. How can we make an electromagnet?

No. 11. How can we make an electromagnet stronger?

No. 13. How can we make a telegraph set?

No. 14. How can we make an electric current detector?

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