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Interactive
Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Rc in Ac Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab was designed to help students understand the difference between circuits powered by DC and circuits powered by AC. Students can see that simple changes in frequency lead to changes in the potential difference across the...
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Handout
eSchool Today

E School Today: Electricity

For Students 4th - 8th
Explore current electricity and different types of electric circuits.
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Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Get Charged!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the idea of electrical energy. They learn about the relationships between charge, voltage, current and resistance. They discover that electrical energy is the form of energy that powers most of their household...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Electric in a Triangle

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the net force on one of the charges in a triangular arrangement of charges.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Force Electric in a Box

For Students 9th - 10th
Students must find the net force on one of the charges in a rectangular arrangement of charges.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Plix Series: Electrolytes and Nonelectrolytes

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] In this interactive activity, change the amount of electrolytes and observe the effect it has on the electrical current to simulate the body's similar function. After the activity, answer one...
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Activity
Concord Consortium

Mobile Inquiry Technology: Decaying Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
This investigation has students investigating and measuring the decay of batteries as their electric charges are used up in circuits.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Voltage in Series Parallel Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Measuring voltage drops across resistances in series-parallel circuits requires an understanding of both series and parallel circuit behavior. Learn more with this tutorial.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Voltage in Series Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Measuring the voltage in a circuit is like measuring the drop in pressure across two points. Learn more with this tutorial.
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Electricity (Intermediate)

For Students 5th - 7th
Explore how electricity works in this module. (Requires Java)
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Unit Plan
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Electricity

For Students 3rd - 4th
How does electrical energy get from one place to another? Explore how electricity is moved around and transformed into other forms of energy. (Requires Java)
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Ac Circuits With a Dmm

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how the SPARKS DMM can measure AC voltage and current.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Parallel Resistances (Sparks 2)

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore circuits with resistors in parallel and answer questions regarding voltage drops across resistors and currents through them in such circuits.
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Series Resistances (Sparks 1)

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive simulation guides you through the wiring of the standard breadboard and presents you with questions regarding voltage drops and currents in series resistive circuits.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Current on a Breadboard

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how measuring current in a circuit is like measuring the flow rate of water in a sprinkler system.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Measuring Voltage on a Breadboard

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how measuring voltage in a circuit is like measuring the pressure in a water pipe.
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Handout
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Finding Resistance With Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out how to determine resistance using Ohm's Law.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Finding Voltage With Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this tutorial to find the voltage in an electrical current with Ohm's Law.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Finding Current With Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how to measure the electrical current using Ohm's Law.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Total Resistance for Resistors in Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the tutorial to find the total resistance for resistors in a series circuit.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: How Do Breadboards Work?

For Students 9th - 10th
See how a breadboard electrical circuit works.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Troubleshooting Dc Circuits (Sparks 4)

For Students 9th - 10th
Discover a sequence of all-resistor DC circuits in which one of the resistors is either open or short-circuited.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Series Parallel Resistances (Sparks 3)

For Students 9th - 10th
Answer questions regarding voltage drops across resistors and currents through them in such circuits. Practice calculating the effective resistances of a set of resistances in series and parallel.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Calculating Voltage in Series Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
See how Ohm's Law can tell us that the voltage across resistors will depend on that current value I and each R-value.