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Electrical Circuits And Switches

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students design and draw circuits with batteries, small light bulbs and common household conductors. They build and test the circuit then modify it so someone who couldn't use their hands could turn the circuit on and off.
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Electricity

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electricity activity, learners review electric charges and what types of materials can conduct electricity. This activity has 7 fill in the blank, 5 true or false, 3 multiple choice, and 5 short answer questions.
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Circuits

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners draw a schematic diagram of parts needed to build an op-amp. In this physics activity, students test the operation of their machine. They graph and analyze data using excel.
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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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Electricity: A Friend, a Foe

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students study what electricity can do and what some of the associated dangers are.
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Capacitive Reactance

For Students Higher Ed
In this electronics worksheet, students solve and write short answers to 15 questions about capacitors. They interpret schematic diagrams and calculate values using Ohm's law.
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Electromechanical Relay Logic

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students solve and write short answers on 19 questions about electromechanical relay logic. They interpret schematic diagrams and answer questions about it.
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Design Project: DC Motor

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
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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Electrical Symbols - Making Circuits from Circuit Diagrams

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students draw different electrical circuit symbols. In this electricity activity, students construct simple circuits based on circuit diagrams. They share their findings to class.
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Trash For Teaching

The Light-House Project

For Teachers 11th - 12th
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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Electricity

For Students 8th - 12th
In this electricity worksheet, students complete 4 activities where they draw diagrams and answer short answer questions by researching electrical circuits.
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Flashlights and Batteries

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine how batteries work, how they provide power to the simple circuit within the battery, and how the switch controls the flow of electrons; students then disassemble a flashlight, and draw a schematic of a flashlight's...
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PHYSICS LESSONS

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study the concept of electricity, what an electric current is and its relationship between voltage and resistance.In this electrical lesson students solve problems using Ohm's law, and research alternative sources of electricity.
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Brown Bag Science

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learners 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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Physical Setting: Physics Exam 2004

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Twelve pages of mostly multiple-choice questions comprise this comprehensive New York Regents physics exam. It covers an entire year's worth of physics curriculum and requires about three hours for completion. Review the questions to...
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Electricity Review

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electricity instructional activity, students review topics related to electricity such as circuits, voltage, electric fields, and resistors. This instructional activity has 21 problems to solve.
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Basic Ammeter Use

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this ammeter worksheet, students answer eleven questions about ammeters, multimeters and types of circuits. They identify different types of circuits given schematic diagrams.
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Digital Communication

For Students 12th - Higher Ed
In this physics instructional activity, students differentiate the three telegraph circuits. They complete 10 short answer questions about digital communication.
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Lab 23-Follow Up Questions-Conductivity

For Students 10th - 12th
In this conductivity instructional activity, students answer post lab questions about substances that transferred electrons resulting in electricity flowing through the conductivity leads use to test each substance.
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Bipolar Junction Transistors in Active Mode

For Students Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students analyze different schematic diagrams and answer the questions that follow. They solve and write short answers to 23 questions on circuits.
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DC Motor Theory

For Students 9th - 12th
In this physics worksheet, learners solve 12 problems on DC motor circuit. They make predictions and construct the corresponding circuit to verify if they are correct.
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Potentiometers

For Students 10th - 12th
In this potentiometer worksheet, students design and construct a circuit and then mathematically analyze their work. They answer 18 questions about potentiometers and their function.
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Time Constant Calculations

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this time constant worksheet, students answer 52 questions about the rate of current changes and voltage changes in capacitors. They analyze circuits and determine the time it takes for capacitors to change voltage and they specify...
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Circuit Basics

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this circuits instructional activity, students compare voltage, current, and resistance. Students draw a battery with a resistor, switch, and light bulb. This instructional activity has 6 short answer, 1 matching, and 6 drawing...