Integrated Circuit Teacher Resources

See how computers overcame the "tyranny of numbers." Scholars watch the 17th video in a series to learn how integrated circuits replaced large numbers of discrete transistors, paving the way for smaller and less costly computers. The...

For this electronics worksheet, students build a circuit based on schematic diagram and answer 33 problems about it. They make prediction before testing and compare it with the actual value.

For this circuits worksheet, students answer 25 questions about passive integrator circuits and passive differentiator circuits given schematics showing voltage. Students use calculus to solve the problems.

In this computer technology activity students investigate silicon microchips.  Students explore microchip technology using a microscope.  Lesson contains hands on investigations.

In this fabication worksheet students examine what the acronym "DIP" means. They answer a set of questions and identify integrated circuits. 

In this physics activity, students design and build a signal generator. They write a lab report and answer 4 short answer questions about their design.

Microchips are a man-made wonder. Investigate the manufacturing wonder with a hands-on inquiry-based lesson. Scholars simulate the process of pattern transfer using photoresist. Their conclusion identifies how their process replicates...

Learners grasp the fundamentals of radio/sound communication technology. They research why the size of radios has gotten smaller through advances of technology...from large radio tubes through transistors through microchips. Students...

There are millions of dust particles in every breath of air. These tiny particles have a huge impact on nanotechnology, microchips, and other types of scientific research. The video highlights these concerns and how they are working to...

Students locate transistor devices in school. They explain the importance of transistors.

Students explore the composition and practical application of parallel circuitry, compared to series circuitry. They design and build parallel circuits and investigate their characteristics, and apply Ohm's law. They recognize that...

Engage your class in physics with this series of questions. The first question is the most hands-on and asks learners to build their own circuit. The rest of the questions are related to current analysis. Class members solve 7 problems...

The three most important words for cybersecurity? Secrecy, integrity, and availability. The 31st installment of an informative video series describes cybersecurity measures in the digital age. It explains the three different goals of...

Mac or PC? An informative video in the Crash Course Computer Science series describes the history of the personal computer, beginning with the Altair 8800. It compares the business models of Apple (closed architecture) and IBM (open...

Boolean logic just makes sense. A video teaches individuals about Boolean logic and its connection to the binary system. It shows how the operations NOT, AND, OR, and XOR are shown on electric circuits using transistors. 

ALU, what are you? Young computer scientists watch a video to learn about the Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU) in the fifth video of the series. They use logic gates to represent each component of this unit.

Did you know that Microsoft Office has more than 40 million lines of code? The 16th installment of the Crash Course Computer Science playlist explains how object-oriented programming lets different groups of computer programmers work on...

A generation brought up with computers probably can't imagine a world without them. The first video in the series explains advances in early computing. From the abacus to tabulating machines, individuals see how computations were made...

Scholars receive instruction on writing instructions as they learn how to develop computer programs in the eighth video of the series. Animations show how computers carry out these instructions and programs.

Faster is always better, right? The ninth installment of a series on computer science focuses on advancements in CPU design and speed. The video covers instruction pipelining, cache, FLOPS, branch prediction, multi-core processors, and...

How is a textile loom related to computer programming? An engaging video begins with an example of a textile loom requiring instructions to produce patterns to introduce the idea of programming and hen goes on to explain early...

Computers need to know a lot of languages, n'est-ce pas? Scholars learn about advances in computer programming, from assemblers and compilers to more recent programming languages. They learn how these advances led to a shift in...

Include an informative video on programming as part of your computer science instruction. The 12th installment in the series teaches about statements and functions required to write code. Individuals learn about the IF, FOR, and...

Investigate an array of data structures. A video explains how computer programming relies on the ability to store and access data. It covers various data structures, including arrays, matrices, nodes, linked lists, trees, heaps, and stacks.