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Electrical Power, Conductors, and Your Dream Home: Crash Course Engineering #21 Instructional VideoElectrical Power, Conductors, and Your Dream Home: Crash Course Engineering #21 Instructional Video
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Crash Course
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
STEM
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Media Length
10:47
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10 mins
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2018
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Electrical Power, Conductors, and Your Dream Home: Crash Course Engineering #21

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Have young engineers always wondered how a light bulb works? Now's their chance. Viewers of an illuminating YouTube video learn about electric current, conductivity, and resistance. They see how engineers use low-conductivity conductors to produce heat and light in the 21st installment of the Crash Course Engineering series.

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Concepts

electric currents, conductivity, resistance, insulators, conductors, technology resources

Instructional Ideas

  • If available, have an electrical engineer give a talk to the class about the profession

Classroom Considerations

  • Builds on knowledge from previous videos
  • Some basic prior understanding of electric currents is advantageous
  • This video is hosted on YouTube

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  • Animations and diagrams help with understanding
  • Narrator's enthusiasm for the topic is contagious

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