Trash For Teaching
The Light-House Project
Groups work together to design a lighthouse, from designing and drawing the wiring diagram, to creating prototypes of the switch and circuit, to envisioning and building a scale model along with a blueprint. By including different...
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Circuits
Don't know how to make the initial connection on electric circuits? This lesson provides the background to present the introductory vocabulary to learning about electric circuits. It is organized in a meaningful progression with an...
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Design Project: DC Voltage Regulator
In this electrical worksheet, students draw a schematic design and build a circuit board to grasp the understanding of DC circuits before answering a series of 5 open-ended questions. There are no schematics available for the design or...
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Design Project: Signal Generator
In this physics learning exercise, students design and build a signal generator. They write a lab report and answer 4 short answer questions about their design.
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Design Project: Logic Probe
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 5 open-ended questions about logic probes. This worksheet is printable and the answers are revealed online.
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Design Project: Audio Tone Control
In this electrical circuit learning exercise, students answer a series of 4 open-ended questions with schematics about audio control in stereos. This learning exercise can be printed and the answers are available on-line.
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Design Project: Audio Media-based Signal Generator
In this physics instructional activity, students are given a schematic diagram to construct an amplifier circuit. They complete 4 short answer questions about the circuit they made.
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Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer 5 open ended questions about the design and safety of an AC-DC power supply.
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Design Project: Arbitrary Waveform Generator
In this electronics activity, students build a circuit that can produce desired waveforms. They answer 1 short answer question that follows.
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Negative Feedback Op-Amp Circuits
In this electrical worksheet, students design and build a op-amp model to grasp the understanding of op-amp circuits before answering a series of 21 open-ended questions that include schematics. This worksheet is printable and there are...
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AC Negative Feedback Op-amp Circuits
In this electrical circuit instructional activity, students draw a schematic design and build a op-amp model to show understanding of AC-negative feedback op-amp circuits before answering a series of 14 open-ended questions with...
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Op-amp Oscillator Circuits
In this electrical instructional activity, students draw a schematic design and build a Op-amp model to grasp the understanding of oscillator circuits before answering a series of 16 open-ended questions. Students analyze schematics in...
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Nonlinear Op-amp Circuits
For this electrical worksheet, students draw a schematic design and build a Op-amp model to grasp the understanding of non-linear op-amp circuits before answering a series of 17 open-ended questions. Students will analyze schematics in...
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Design Project: DC Motor
For 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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Summer and subtractor op amp circuits
In this circuit worksheet students build their own circuit and complete several short answer questions on different amp circuits.
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Precise Diode Circuits
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students construct a model of a diode circuit to demonstrate understanding. They analyze schematics and answer a series of 13 open-ended questions about diode circuits. This worksheet is printable...
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How to Build a Motor
Electrical engineers entertain and explain how to construct an electromagnet-driven motor. Kellie and Mike, the hosts of the show, are enthusiastic teachers that will help introduce a project that you likely include in your middle school...
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Experience the 5E Instructional Model with Electrical Circuits
Students build electrical circuits. In this lesson teaching pre-service teachers how to use the 5E instructional model, students use materials to explore how to create an electrical circuit.
Mascil Project
Design and Build Your Own Vacuum Cleaner, Hair Dryer or Toy Car
No vacuum cleaner? No problem, just build your own. Scholars apply knowledge of currents to build a model of either a vacuum clear, a hair dryer, or a toy car. While the class completes the activity, instructors consider gender...
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Solar Kit Lesson #14 - Solar Cells as Control Devices
Given four suggested concepts, emerging electrical engineers research, design, and constuct a working device that willrespond to changes in the intesnisty or the direction of sunlight. This is a challenge for learners to rise to, as the...
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Design Project: Dual-Output AC-DC Power Supply
In this physics worksheet, students design an electric power supply and answer 5 short answer questions about it. They explain the functions of the different circuit components.
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Positive Feedback Opamp Circuits
In this physics activity, students complete 12 short answer questions on opamp circuits. They also perform calculations of voltage in some items.
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Design Project: Sensitive Microphone Amplifier
In this physics worksheet, students construct and test an amplifier circuit given a schematic diagram. They answer 2 short answer questions about the circuit they constructed.
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Design Project: Simple component curve-tracer circuit
In this circuit worksheet students complete a series of short answer questions on using a tracer circuit. There are answers with this worksheet.