Parallel circuits often provide less of a challenge for teens than parallel parking. An installment of a series on parallel electric circuits requires learners to solve increasingly difficult  levels of calculations. Each level provides a Help Me! button describing the data by columns to help scholars as they work.

Concepts

parallel circuits, circuits, electric circuits, voltage, resistance

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Use as a formative assessment after completing hands-on lab activities in class
  

Classroom Considerations

• Designed to adjust to any screen size
• Relies on prior knowledge of parallel circuits, voltage, resistance, and solving algebraic equations

Pros

• Provides immediate feedback
• Links to many readings, online resources, hands-on labs, and other extension ideas

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.3 RST.11-12.3