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Handout
Science Struck

Science Struck: A Comprehensive List of All the Physics Formulas

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a long list of physics formulas for easy reference.
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Activity
Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Build Your Own Windmill Generator

For Students 9th - 10th
Build your own windmill and see how the wind can be converted into energy to produce electricity. This science fair project should help you understand the use of wind as a source of alternative energy. The Science Buddies project ideas...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Resistors in Series and Parallel

For Students 10th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The differences between series and parallel circuits are highlighted. Provides an in-depth look at how to solve problems about circuits and resistors. Includes a...
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Unit Plan
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Rheostat

For Students 9th - 10th
After discovering the nature of electrical resistance, scientists devised instruments like this one to measure and control it. (Java tutorial)
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Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Timeline of Electricity and Magnetism: 1820 1829

For Students 9th - 10th
Hans Christian Orsted's accidental discovery that an electrical current moves a compass needle rocks the scientific world; a spate of experiments follows, immediately leading to the first electromagnet and electric motor.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Electromagnetic Induction

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In order to understand electromagnetic induction, students are introduced to magnetic flux, to Faraday's Law of Induction, and to Lenz's Law. Includes a simulation...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physical Science: Electric Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains what resistance is and factors that affect it, and how it can be advantageous and disadvantageous. [Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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Handout
Florida State University

Florida State University: Color Code Resistor

For Students 9th - 10th
This resistor color code activity allows you to change the resistance value with a slider and then determine the third digit, multiplier, and tolerance, providing the final resistance in ohms. It allows you to view how the passing...
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Ac Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
A very comprehensive site organized well with many topics dealing with AC circuits.
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Handout
Boston University

Elementary Physics: Current and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
A general summary of electrical resistance including a comparison of AC and DC current.
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Handout
Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Voltage

For Students 9th - 10th
Electrical currents and voltage are defined and illustrated.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Bulbs & Batteries in a Row

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Everyday we are surrounded by circuits that use "in parallel" and "in series" circuitry. Complicated circuits designed by engineers are composed of many simpler parallel and series circuits. During this activity, students build a simple...
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hands on Activity: Designing a Thermostat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
By building a basic thermostat, students will explore basic circuitry and electricity. The thermostat built out of a breadboard, temperature sensor chip, amplifier, and battery creates a linear relationship between temperature of the...
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Handout
Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: The Series Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how a series circuit works, accompanied by an animation. Lists the rules and formulas that apply to a series circuit.
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Interactive
Walter Fendt

Walter Fendt: Apps Zur Physik

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, in German, offers numerous apps that illustrate common physics principles. Apps are organized into categories: mechanics, oscillations and waves, electrodynamics, optics, thermodynamics, the theory of relativity, physics of...
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Power Revisited

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial visits the concept of power. You will learn to develop new equations that express power in terms of current, electric potential difference and resistance.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A ced.a.4: Equations and Formulas

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this exercise, students will use inverse operations to solve the equations for the unknown variable, or for the designated variable if there is more than one. Aligns with A-CED.A.4.
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eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Calculating Impedance

For Students 9th - 10th
A short tutorial about calculating impedance.
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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: Total Resistance in Series Parallel Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the formula for the parallel resistors to calculate the total resistance in series-parallel circuits.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Current Electricity: Circuit Connections: Series Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
When two or more electrical devices in a circuit can be connected, it is considered a series connection or a parallel connection. When all the devices are connected using series connections, the circuit is referred to as a series...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Determining Asymptotes by Division

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Solve circuitry problems that involve rational functions.
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Dollhouse

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the analysis of parallel circuits in the context of a realistic household circuit using our interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are also available. [3:24]
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Interactive
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Power Lines

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Learn about the relationship between electric potential, current, and resistance in the context of high-voltage AC power lines using this interactive simulation. A PDF worksheet and a video tutorial are...

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