Current Electricity - Circuits 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.

What You Get

• 70 dominos
• Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play.

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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