Current Electricity - Circuit and Symbols Dominoes for Middle School Science

A dominoes game with circuit symbols and descriptions, sketches and circuit diagrams of series and parallel circuits instead of numbers.

Prior Knowledge

·      Be able to recognise the symbols for a lamp, switch, voltmeter, ammeter, buzzer, motor and resistor.

·      Be able to match the description, sketch or circuit diagram for the same series circuit.

·      Be able to match the description, sketch or circuit diagram for the same parallel circuit.

Rules of the Game

·      Each player selects seven dominos from the top of the face-down pile and holds them in their hand like playing cards.

·      The player whose surname begins with a letter closest to the letter A starts and play proceed in a clockwise direction.

·      Dominos can be matched exactly, or a name can be matched with  a symbol or descriptions, sketches and circuit diagrams can be matched.

·      If a player thinks a match is wrong they can challenge. If the challenger is correct, they give a card from their own hand to the challenged player. If the challenged player is correct, they give a card from their hand to the challenger.

·      If a player cannot play a domino, they pick up from the face down pile and can play if possible or add it to their hand.

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1 zip file with:

• 70 dominos

• Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play.