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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Resistor Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This game will help students learn their color codes for resistors. Students will be given a resistor and they have to determine the resistance of the resistor. Students will have three minutes to get as many correct as possible.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Resistor Creation Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
This game will help students learn their color codes for resistors. Students will be given a resistance and they have to determine which combination of colors will match that resistance. Students will have three minutes to get as many...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Capacitor Charging Through a Resistor in Dc Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the factors that affect the rate at which a capacitor charges. Students can change the resistance and capacitance in the circuit and monitor the current, voltage and charge on the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Currents, Resistors, and Power

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial students will learn about electric current, resistance and current density. Learn how current density relates to electric field strength and how resistance produces heat.
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Florida State University

Florida State University: Color Code Resistor

For Students 9th - 10th
This resistor color code activity allows you to change the resistance value with a slider and then determine the third digit, multiplier, and tolerance, providing the final resistance in ohms. It allows you to view how the passing...
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University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Dc Circuits: Resistors in Parallel

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains and illustrates the meaning of parallel connections. Discusses the voltage-current-resistance relationships for parallel connections of resistors. An example problem on parallel calculations can be accessed from this page.
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University of Guelph

University of Guelph: Physics Tutorials: Dc Circuits: Resistors in Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains and illustrates the meaning of series connections. Discusses the voltage-current-resistance relationships for series connections of resistors. An example problem on series calculations can be accessed from this page.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Total Resistance for Resistors in Series

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the tutorial to find the total resistance for resistors in a series circuit.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about resistors, capacitors, and inductors in the science of electronics and physics including measurement, symbols, and standard units.
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Ducksters

Ducksters: Physics for Kids: Resistors in Series and Parallel

For Students 1st - 9th
Kids learn about resistors in series and parallel in the science of electricity and physics including equations, circuits, and example problems.
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Science4Fun

Science4 Fun: Resistors, Capacitors, and Inductors

For Students 1st - 6th
Electric circuits are used to provide a path to electric current. They commonly use three basic electrical components, which are resistors, capacitors, and insulators. They affect the electric current and changes the behavior of the...
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Steady State Direct Current With Batteries & Resistors Only

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive tutorial, students will analyze series circuits and parallel circuits along with complex circuits composed of elements in series and parallel. Learners will use schematics to help them understand these circuits....
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Georgia State University

Georgia State University: Hyper Physics: Resistor Combinations

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from Georgia State University parallel and series connections of resistors are explained and illustrated. Equations for computing the overal voltage, current, and resistance of such circuits are given and explained.
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American Association of Physics Teachers

Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: Rc Circuit With Battery Model

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Simulation showing the simplest RC circuit, with a resistor and capacitor in series with one another, and a battery that can be switched in the series, or switched out of the circuit.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Series Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the amount of power dissipated in a resistor that is part of a series circuit.
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Practice Problems: Parallel in a Series Circuit

For Students 9th - 10th
Determine the amount of power dissipated in a resistor in a complex circuit.
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University of Virginia

Uva Virtual Lab: Resistors and Capacitors and High Voltage

For Students 9th - 10th
In this simulation a battery will be used to charge a capacitor. The capacitor will then be used to operate a light bulb until the capacitor is discharged.
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Total Resistance for Resistors in Parallel

For Students 9th - 10th
See how this application of Ohm's Law leads to a formula for the total of parallel resistances.
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit

For Students 9th - 10th
Build circuits with resistors, light bulbs, batteries, and switches. Take measurements with the realistic ammeter and voltmeter. View the circuit as a schematic diagram, or switch to a life-like view.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Can You Resist This?

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This lab demonstrates Ohm's law as students set up simple circuits each composed of a battery, lamp and resistor. Students calculate the current flowing through the circuits they create by solving linear equations. After solving for the...
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University of Colorado

University of Colorado: Ph Et Interactive Simulations: Circuit Construction Kit (Ac+dc), Virtual Lab

For Students 9th - 10th
Build circuits with capacitors, inductors, resistors and AC or DC voltage sources, and inspect them using lab instruments such as voltmeters and ammeters.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: Sliding Light: How to Make a Dimmer Switch With a Pencil

For Students 9th - 10th
In this electronics science fair project, students will make a simple dimmer switch and investigate the relationship between the resistance in the circuit and the amount of light produced. The Science Buddies project ideas are set up...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Dc Circuit and Electrical Power Review

For Students 9th - 10th
Review the components of a circuit and their symbols such as battery, resistor, and switch. Analyze how the power of a resistor is related to the current and electric potential difference across the resistor.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: Electric Circuits Aqa

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on Electrical circuits including standard symbols for electrical components, a list of components and what they do, a discussion of various types of resistors, and alternating current and direct current. Links to a...

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