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Active Loads in Amplifier Circuits

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical worksheet, students answer a series of 7 open-ended questions with schematics about active loads in amplifier circuits. This worksheet is printable and the  answers are available on-line.
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Series DC Circuits

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical worksheet, students answer a series of 27 open-ended questions pertaining to DC circuits by analyzing electrical schematics. This worksheet is printable and there are on-line answers to the questions.
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Basic circuit troubleshooting

For Students 6th - 12th
In this circuit worksheet students complete a series of questions using diagrams of different types of circuits and explain why they fail or work. 
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Investigating Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders draw and construct a complete circuit. In small groups they develop a list of questions about electricity, listen to a teacher-led lecture, construct a complete circuit, test circuits, and create an illustration of a...
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Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students study simple circuits. After a demonstration of parallel and serial circuit designs, students work in teams to predict the difference between two circuit designs. They build examples of two different circuits and test...
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Switched Circuit Experiment

For Students 5th - 6th
In this switched circuit experiment worksheet, students follow the procedures to build a simple circuit with batteries, light bulbs and paper clips.
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Holiday Lights and Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 9th
Students create a simple circuit using batteries, wires, and light bulbs. In this circuits lesson plan, students learn the difference between a series circuit and a parallel circuit and connect it to holiday lights they use in their home.
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Electrical Circuits

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students compare series and parallel circuits. In this electricity and circuits lesson, students roleplay as a "wire" passing an energy ball to demonstrate how a series circuit works and how the circuit can be broken. Students construct...
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Series and Parallel Circuits

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders explore electrical circuits. In this electrical circuit lesson, 4th graders research the history of the use of light and read a biography regarding Benjamin Franklin. Students the build basic circuits, series circuits and...
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Let it Shine

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders investigate concepts of electricity by watching a video about Ben Franklin, participating in a web activity about simple circuits and experimenting with creating simple circuits. They examine conductors and insulators.
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Changing circuits

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students identify that there are conventional symbols to represent the components in circuits. Students use these symbols to draw diagrams of circuits. They are reminded that electric circuits can be drawn in diagrams using symbols. ...
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Simple Circuits

For Teachers 11th - 12th
Students 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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DC Branch Current Analysis

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
Engage your class in physics with this series of questions. The first question is the most hands-on and asks learners to build their own circuit. The rest of the questions are related to current analysis. Class members solve 7 problems...
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The Peruvian Coin Flip–Cryptographic Protocols

For Teachers 4th - 12th
A digital flip. Introduce your classes to cryptographic protocols using and, or, and not gates. Groups create a complete circuit to convert a binary number into another one. This type of one-way function allows pupils to verify the...
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Build a Simple Circuit

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students construct an extremely simple series circuit that powers a lamp on and off with a switch. They are in groups of 4 and are given a set of components and have to build the circuit working together as a group. Finally, they have to...
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Potato Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students light a LED clock or light bulb using potatoes. They examine how a battery works in a simple circuit. They determine how chemical energy changes to electrical energy while experimenting with potato powered circuits.
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Series-Parallel DC Circuits Series and Parallel DC Circuits

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this electrical worksheet, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of series and parallel DC circuits before answering a series of 41 open-ended questions. Students interpret various...
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DC Bridge Circuits

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this circuits worksheet, students answer 19 questions about DC bridge circuits, they mathematically analyze a circuit they design, they calculate output voltages in given circuits and they analyze schematics of strain gauge circuits...
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Voltage Divider Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
In this physics activity, students construct the circuit shown in the problem and calculate either voltage, current and resistance. They solve 37 circuit related questions.
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Positive Feedback Opamp Circuits

For Students Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students complete 12 short answer questions on opamp circuits. They also perform calculations of voltage in some items.
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Brown Bag Science

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars discover, through the discovery method, how electricity works. They construct a simple circuit and a parallel circuit, make an electrical motor work and add a switch to turn it on and off.
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Exploring Electricity - Four Activities

For Teachers 4th - 6th
These are four classic activities used for instructing upper elementary electricians. The first involves experimenting with the Van de Graaff generator. The second is a series of hands-on experiences with static. In the third activity,...
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Energy

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Wow! Colorful and simple, these 160 slides introduce the various forms of energy, along with a relevant image. Some of the images are animations, which help beginning physical scientists to visualize the flow of electrons or energy! This...
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Conductors and Insulators

For Teachers 4th Standards
Get that energy flowing while classes study conductors and insulators. Using a simple circuit, learners test different materials to determine the strength of conductivity. They use their results to classify materials as conductors or...

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