Crocodile Clips

We found this great program called 'Crocodile Clips', which is ideal for teaching and learning about electric circuits! It's suitable for students in grades 6 through 9. (I played with it for about an hour. It's very addictive! We've used it for several years in Science 9 classes, with success.)

Here's what the program lets you do:

Play with different circuits. Make lights go on, motors turn, and variable resistors control the current flow. Blow a fuse. Everything works!
Answer questions about what these circuits do, including parallel and series ones.
Design your own circuit. Label it. Print it out.
Take a test on circuits.

The program is free, and the author encourages its use in classrooms.

Download Crocodile Clips from the author's site:

"Crocodile Clips 3 Elementary Edition"
copyright © 1993-1998
Crocodile Clips Ltd, Edinburgh, UK.
Free download at http://www.crocodile-clips.com

Accessed 2006. Used by permission