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Design Project: DC Motor

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this DC motor worksheet, the learner answers 3 open-ended questions pertaining to the design of a DC motor. The worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Electrical Conduction in Semiconductors

For Students Higher Ed
In this electronics activity, students explore the properties of semiconductors to complete 17 short answer and problem solving questions.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Simple Circuits

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars investigate how series and parallel circuits work. In this physics lesson, students build their own simple circuits and compare their characteristics. They explain the importance of circuit breakers in household circuits.
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Curated OER

Please Turn Up the Lights!

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders discuss series and parallel circuits and design an investigation to test a hypothesis on total resistance of series and parallel circuits in combination. After discussion, groups design their experiments, run tests, and...
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Worksheet
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V, R, and I in Series Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
In this circuits worksheet, students learn how to determine total voltage, total resistance, and total current. Students also explore short circuits. This worksheet has 9 problems to solve.
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Worksheet
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V, R, and I in Parallel Circuits

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this parallel circuits worksheet, students learn parallel circuits basics and determine how to calculate total resistance and total current. This worksheet has 6 matching and 15 problems to solve.
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Lesson Plan
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Electromagnets: Winding Things Up!

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore solenoids and electromagnets. After building an electromagnet, students use a TI Graphing calculator, a CBL 2 interface and a magnetic field sensor to measure the strength of a magnetic field. They create a graph of...
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Electric Current and Circuits

For Teachers 10th - 11th
Compare the drift speed of conduction electrons in a current-carrying wire to the signal speed of changes in current. They also distinguish between DC and AC and describe how AC is converted to DC.
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Electric Field Mapping in 3D

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Young scholars create a 3D vector field map of an electric field. In this physics lesson, students measure the voltage inside an aquarium with water. They present their findings and map to class..
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Resistors and Scientific Notation

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Students explain the importance of scientific notation. In this physics lesson plan, students determine the resistance of resistors using the colored bands. They compare and contrast scientific notation and resistor band notation.
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Electrical Engineers for a Day

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students build a robot out of a 3-¿¿ inch floppy disk drive, two floppy disks, and some other miscellaneous supplies. They apply information they gather about electrical circuits from a web-based circuit design program.
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Maximum Power Point

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students investigate how to optimize the power output of a photovoltaic cell using a home-made gnomon stand. They use data collected to create current-voltage and power-voltage curves to determine the "maximum PowerPoint," (MPP) at which...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Transformation of Energy-8th Grade

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders examine how electricity is produced in relation to the atom as well as what causes electric current to flow and what determines how much current flows through a circuit. These and other concepts of transformation of energy...
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Curated OER

Electrical Current

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students describe an electrical current and the factors that determine the resistance of an object.  For this electrical current lesson students discuss their knowledge of voltage, current and resistance.
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Activity
University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive simulation that teaches about Ohm's Law, circuits, and current by observing how adjusting the voltage and resistance changes current according to Ohm's Law. This simulation can either be downloaded or played online and...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive simulation of Ohm's law, adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, students will adjust the voltage and resistance in a circuit, and observe how this affects the flow of current....
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Ohm's Law I

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will work to increase the intensity of a light bulb by testing batteries in series and parallel circuits. It analyzes Ohm's Law, power, parallel and series circuits, and ways to measure voltage and current.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Introduction to Circuits and Ohm's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will explore the basics of dc circuits analyzing the light from light bulbs when connected in series and parallel circuits. Ohm's Law and the equation for power dissipated by a circuit will be the primary equations used. Using...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Manipulate the voltage and resistance for a simple circuit to see how these affect the amount of current. The symbols in the Ohm's Law equation grow bigger and smaller to emphasize the changes.
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Article
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Electric Potential Difference and Ohm's Law Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the key terms, equations, and skills related to Ohm's law, including how electric potential difference, current, and resistance are related.
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Unit Plan
Physics Classroom

The Physics Classroom: Current Electricity: Electrical Resistance: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
There are certain formulas in physics that are so powerful and so pervasive that they reach the state of popular knowledge. The predominant equation which pervades the study of electric circuits is often referred to as the Ohm's law...
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Handout
University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains Ohm's Law and some facts related to it.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides information on Ohm's Law, stating that the voltage drop is proportional to the current running through it.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Discovering Ohm's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students use voltage and current probes to investigate Ohm's Law. The students collect data and use their graphing calculators to perform data analysis and "discover" Ohm's Law.

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