Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Measuring Current in Parallel Circuits
When measuring the current in parallel circuits, compare the circuit's total current with the current through just one resistor.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Calculating Current in Parallel Circuits
Use Ohm's Law to calculate the current in parallel circuits.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Series and Parallel Circuits
A teacher lesson plan which could be easily converted into an idea for a student project or presentation. Ideal for pre-high school students. This page describes an activity in which the history of electric circuits, the nature of...
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Parallel Circuit
Determine the amount of current that is present in a parallel circuit.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Bulbs & Batteries Side by Side
We are surrounded everyday by circuits that utilize "in parallel" and "in series" circuitry. Complicated circuits designed by engineers are made of many simpler parallel and series circuits. In this hands-on activity, students build...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Circuits
This colorful site will help you understand series and parallel circuits.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Electricity: Building Circuits in Elementary Science Class
In this exploration activity, students compare the difference between series circuits and parallel circuits using wire, light bulbs, and D batteries.
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
Smile: Resistances in Series and Parallel Circuits
A teacher lesson plan is provided here. This page describes two activities in which the effect of multiple resistors on the current and overall resistance of both series and parallel circuits are investigated. Complete activity...
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Tech Topics: Electricity: Circuits
What is a circuit? How does it work? The animated diagrams and accompanying text will make it easy to understand the concept of circuits!
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Parallel Circuit With Internal Resistance
Find the terminal voltage of a battery with significant internal resistance. Determine the power of one of the external components for the circuit.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Series in a Parallel Circuit
Determine the amount of power dissipated in a resistor in a complex circuit.
Physics Aviary
Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Internal Resistance Parallel Circuit Battery
Determine the internal resistance of a battery based on the electrochemical potential and the current that comes out of the battery when it is hooked to a series of resistors connected in parallel.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Calculating Current in Series Parallel Circuits
Use resistance formulas to determine the total resistances of the series and parallel parts. Then, use Ohm's Law to calculate the voltage drops across and currents through each part.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Calculating Voltage in Series Parallel Circuits
Use the series and parallel resistance formulas to determine the total resistances of the parts. Then, use Ohm's Law to calculate the voltage drops across each part.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Ohm's Law I
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.
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Physics 2: Electric Circuits
This unit teaches students the foundations of electrical circuits and introduces them to their simplest components. Covers series and parallel circuits, Kirchhoff's Rules, Ohm's Law, RC circuits, resistivity, and capacitance.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Physics Simulation: Dollhouse
[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]
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Many Paths
Learners explore the composition and practical application of parallel circuitry, compared to series circuitry. Students design and build parallel circuits and investigate their characteristics, and apply Ohm's law.
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Easyphysics: Chapter 14 Basic Circuit
Learners investigate circuits. Some topics examined are a series circuit, parallel circuit, and Joule?s law. The resource includes practice problems with solutions and a chapter quiz.
Read Works
Read Works: Electricity & Energy Circuits
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about electric circuits. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Dc Circuits: Parallel Resistances (Sparks 2)
Explore circuits with resistors in parallel and answer questions regarding voltage drops across resistors and currents through them in such circuits.
University of Guelph
University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Dc Circuits: Resistors in Parallel
Explains and illustrates the meaning of parallel connections. Discusses the voltage-current-resistance relationships for parallel connections of resistors. An example problem on parallel calculations can be accessed from this page.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Advanced Circuit Analysis
Practice analyzing circuits using Kirchhoff's laws and Ohm's law with series and parallel resistors.
Exploratorium
Exploratorium: The Tinkering Studio: Circuit Boards
Some history behind the function of the circuit board, with a guided activity guide for students to download.
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