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Wire the Ice Shack: Series, Parallel and Ohm's Law
Created by Argraide
Updated October 27th, 2026
At a glance
- Staff pick
- Picked by the Argraide team
- Play mode
- 📱 Solo
- Format
- 🧊 3D
- Length
- ⏱ About 20 minutes
- Subject
- Science
- Grade
- 9
- Curriculum
- Alberta
- Curriculum code
- 9E1
About this activity
Wire a 12 V ice-fishing shack in 3D: build series and parallel circuits, place a virtual ammeter and voltmeter, size a resistor with Ohm's law, troubleshoot dead lights, then use power ratings and E = P × t.
What students learn
- Build series and parallel circuits and explain why one open branch does not stop the others
- Measure current and voltage and show the current is the same at every point of a series loop
- Apply Ohm's law (V = I × R) to choose a resistor and to predict meter readings
- Troubleshoot series and parallel circuits with a voltmeter
- Use P = V × I, E = P × t and efficiency to compare how devices drain a battery
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