Instructional Video4:45
Curated Video

Circuit Rules: Series and Parallel Circuits

9th - Higher Ed
This video explains the difference between series circuits and parallel circuits in electronics. It describes the rules that apply to each circuit and how to calculate the total resistance, current, and potential difference in each case....
Instructional Video4:48
Curated Video

Series Circuits: Resistance, Current, and Potential Difference

9th - Higher Ed
This is a lecture video on series circuits, which explains the difference between series circuits and parallel circuits. The video looks at how resistance, current, and potential difference vary in a series circuit. It discusses how the...
Instructional Video8:59
Curated Video

Understanding Parallel Circuits

9th - Higher Ed
This is a lecture video on parallel circuits. The video explains the difference between parallel circuits and series circuits and then focuses on investigating parallel circuits in more detail. The video describes how the current flows...
Instructional Video1:08
Visual Learning Systems

Understanding Parallel Circuits in Your Home

9th - 12th
In this video, the concept of parallel circuits is explained using the example of lights. The video also highlights that most buildings, including homes, are wired in parallel circuits. This video is part of the 8-part series, Electrical...
Instructional Video8:34
Curated OER

Electricity and Circuits

5th - 8th
A sleepy-sounding narrator explains how batteries and circuits work. Simple computer animations display the movement of electrons through parallel and series circuits. Since the narrator speaks slowly and clearly, and the animations are...
Instructional Video
Derek Owens

Derek Owens: Physical Science: Series and Parallel Circuits

9th - 10th
Teacher Derek Owens presents a video detailing the functions and differences of series and parallel circuits. [10:54]
Instructional Video
University of Virginia

Uva Virtual Lab: Capacitors and Resistors in Parallel

9th - 10th
In this simulation, the cell will be used to charge a capacitor. The capacitor will then be used to operate two light bulbs until the capacitor is discharged.