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Series DC Circuits

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical activity, students answer a series of 27 open-ended questions pertaining to DC circuits by analyzing electrical schematics. This activity is printable and there are on-line answers to the questions.
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Resistors

For Students 9th - 12th
In this resistors activity, students answer 11 questions about resistors, their functions, symbols used to represent them, and they calculate resistance values.
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Optoelectronic Devices

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical worksheet, students design and build  circuit boards using photovoltaic cells to grasp the understanding of circuit design before answering a series of 10 open-ended questions. This worksheet is printable and there...
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Electrical Energy

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students conduct an experiment to find out how well different wires radiate heat when voltage is applied across the wire. They use the results of their experiments to consider how the gauge of the wire and the type of wire affect the...
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Circuits and Symbols

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circuits instructional activity, high schoolers read how electricity flows through circuits and learn how to draw a circuit diagram. Students then complete 16 matching, 2 multiple choice, 14 fill in the blank, and 3 short answer...
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Types of Circuits and Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 12th
In this circuits worksheet, students compare and contrast series and parallel circuits. Students learn about Ohm's Law and define current, voltage, and resistance. This worksheet has 6 matching, 18 fill in the blank, and 8 short answer...
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Magnetic Units of Measurement

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this magnetic circuits instructional activity, students answer 16 questions about magnetic flux, resistance, voltage, current, and reluctance.
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Energy, Work and Power

For Students 10th - 12th
In this energy, work and power worksheet, students solve 12 problems about circuits, electric motors, Ohm's Law and electric currents.
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Discovering Ohm's Law

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore the relationship of resistance, voltage, and current in series and parallel circuits using a computer model of a circuit board. They discover Ohm's Law by constructing series circuits.
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Impedance Matching with Transformers

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 19 questions by analyzing schematics dealing with the transformers. Students will determine the amount of impedance to various scenarios.
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Active Loads in Amplifier Circuits

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this electrical activity, learners answer a series of 7 open-ended questions with schematics about active loads in amplifier circuits. This activity is printable and the  answers are available on-line.
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Circuits

For Students 10th - 12th
In this circuits learning exercise, students read about total voltage, total resistance, and total current. Students learn about voltage across a resistor and short circuits. After completing the reading, students complete 4 circuit...
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One Path

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students discover that charge movement through a circuit depends on the resistance and arrangement of the circuit components. In a hands-on activity, students build and investigate the characteristics of series circuits. In another...
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Characteristic Impedance

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer a series of 17 open-ended questions about impedance in electrical cables. Students analyze schematics to answer these questions. This worksheet is printable and the answers are...
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Design Project: AC-DC Power Supply

For Students 9th - 12th
In this electrical circuit worksheet, students answer 5 open ended questions about the design and safety of an AC-DC power supply.
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Design Project: Dual-Output AC-DC Power Supply

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this physics worksheet, students design an electric power supply and answer 5 short answer questions about it. They explain the functions of the different circuit components.
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Trigonometry for AC Circuits

For Students Higher Ed
For this physics worksheet, students solve 23 trigonometry based problems. Students apply the Pythagorean Theorem in electricity calculations.
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Basic Ohmmeter Use

For Students 10th - 12th
In this ohmmeter worksheet, students are given ten questions about circuits and and the resistance in those circuits. They explain how an ohmmeter is used and answer questions about different wire systems and their resistance.
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IPC Physics Vocabulary Review

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
For this physics review worksheet, students review vocabulary words associated with speed, acceleration, Newton's Laws and simple machines, work and energy, magnetism, electricity, and harmonic motion and light. This worksheet has 92...
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Go with the Flow

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners gain an understanding of the difference between electrical conductors and insulators, and experience recognizing a conductor by its material properties. They build a conductivity tester to determine whether different objects are...
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Potato Power

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students light a LED clock or light bulb using potatoes. They examine how a battery works in a simple circuit. They determine how chemical energy changes to electrical energy while experimenting with potato powered circuits.
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Ohm's Law

For Students 10th - 12th
In this Ohm's Law worksheet, students answer 16 questions about electricity, electric current, voltage and electricity and they mathematically analyze a circuit they design and construct.
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Parallel DC Circuits

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
In this circuits worksheet, students answer 24 questions about parallel DC circuits including finding the current drawn by resistors, the total resistance, and the voltage impressed across each resistor in the circuit. Students also...
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Light the Bulb!

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders investigate electrical circuits and how light bulbs are powered. In this electricity and power instructional activity, 3rd graders study the vocabulary necessary which includes the different types of circuits, electrical...