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| GUIDES | |
| 1 | Resistance How resistance depends on length, cross-sectional area, and resistivity of a conductor. |
| 2 | Series
Circuits X Definitions of quantities, explanations of equations, worked out example problems. |
| 3 | Parallel
Circuits X Definitions of quantities, explanations of equations, worked out example problems. |
| JOBS | |
| 1 | Springboard:
Resistance is not Futile - Answers A guided journey from thermal conduction to Ohm's Law. Believe it! |
| 2 | A
Series Affair - Answers Follow-up springboard to be done after Current Affair and Beyond labs. |
| 3 | A Parallel Affair - Answers Follow-up springboard to be done after Current Affair and Beyond labs. |
| 4 | A
Compound Affair - Answers Follow-up springboard to be done after Current Affair and Beyond labs. |
| LABS | |
| 1 | Ohm,
Ohm on the Digital Range Much like the Physics 1 lab, Ohm, Ohm on the Range. But this time with sensors and real-time graphing. |
| 2 | Jewels
of Joule The power in a DC circuit as it relates to voltage and current. |
| 3 | Current
Events IV: Unequal Resistors Voltage, current, resistance, and power in a two-resistor circuit when the resistors have unequal resistance. |
| 4 | Current
Events V: Compound Circuits Voltage, current, resistance, and power in a compound circuit. |
| 5 |
There's No Place Like Ohm An investigation into the nature of electrical resistance and its dependence on length, cross-sectional area, resistivity, and temperature. Now a TechLab! |
| NO LONGER SUPPORTED |
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| 1 | Three-Bulb Soup |
| 2 | Meter
Madness Voltmeters and ammeters...what's the difference? Use the Genecons to find out. |
| 3 |
Boolean
Bulbs Configure switches to conform to simple binary logic statements: Boolean Bulbs! |
| 4 |
Switch
Wars Design a three-way switch: use two switches to independently control one bulb. It's not as easy at it looks! |
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