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Smile: Exploring Series and Parallel Circuits Lesson PlanSmile: Exploring Series and Parallel Circuits Lesson Plan
Publisher
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)
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9th - 10th
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Smile: Exploring Series and Parallel Circuits

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The Illinois Institute of Technology provides a great classroom activity for exploring series and parallel circuits.

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Concepts

series, parallel circuits

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circuit activity, exploring series and parallel circuits, parallel, illinois institute of technology, circuit, parallel circuit, series circuit

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