Advanced Circuits
Build compound circuits with series and parallel elements. Calculate voltages, resistance, and current across each component using Ohm's law and the equivalent resistance equation. Check your answers using a voltmeter, ammeter, and ohmmeter. Learn the function of fuses as a safety device.
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Build compound circuits with series and parallel elements. Calculate voltages, resistance, and current across each component using Ohm's law and the equivalent resistance equation. Check your answers using a voltmeter, ammeter, and ohmmeter. Learn the function of fuses as a safety device.
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Voltage and Resistance in Parallel Circuits
This document starts with whole class instruction and move onto independent student work. The main focus ... (more)is understanding what happens as circuits become more complicated.
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Middle School Physical Science, Physics
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I have used this in my IB class and my applied class and the students were very engaged for both.
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Great assignment for the intro to circuits unit in my Physics class.
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