What drains a phone battery?
Change screen brightness, GPS use, and time spent watching videos. Investigate how those choices affect estimated battery life and electricity use.
Investigate phone battery lifeWelcome, science explorer! Investigate how everyday technology uses energy. Choose an activity, make a prediction, then change one setting and compare the results. These are simplified learning models, not measurements from real devices.
Change screen brightness, GPS use, and time spent watching videos. Investigate how those choices affect estimated battery life and electricity use.
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