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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive simulation of Ohm's law, adapted from the University of Colorado's Physics Education Technology project, students will adjust the voltage and resistance in a circuit, and observe how this affects the flow of current....
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this lesson, students learn about the invention of the battery and how a battery works, and about resistance in an electrical circuit. As well, Ohm's Law is used...
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Physics Aviary

Physics Aviary: Ohm's Law

For Students 9th - 10th
This lab is designed to have students investigate the relationships between voltage, resistance and current in a circuit with only one passive component. This version of the lab requires students to read analog meters to get the voltage...
eBook
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.
Handout
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Magnet Academy: Georg Ohm

For Students 9th - 10th
Georg Simon Ohm had humble roots and struggled financially throughout most of his life, but the German physicist is well known today for his formulation of a law, termed Ohm's law, describing the mathematical relationship between...
Handout
Boston University

Elementary Physics: Current and Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
A general summary of electrical resistance including a comparison of AC and DC current.
Lesson Plan
Science and Mathematics Initiative for Learning Enhancement (SMILE)

Smile: Ohm's Law

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For the teacher planning a lesson or for the student preparing for a project or presentation. This page describes a series of simple activities related to the voltage-current-resistance relationship.
eBook
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.
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Total Resistance in Series Parallel Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the formula for the parallel resistors to calculate the total resistance in series-parallel circuits.
eBook
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Calculating Voltage in Series Circuits

For Students 9th - 10th
See how Ohm's Law can tell us that the voltage across resistors will depend on that current value I and each R-value.
Lesson Plan
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Electrons on the Move

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students learn about current electricity and necessary conditions for the existence of an electric current. Students construct a simple electric circuit and a galvanic cell to help them understand voltage, current and resistance.
Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Electric Current

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive, students can explore how current, voltage, and resistance are related in a model showing the flow of electrons in an electric circuit. They will learn about Ohm's law and how other forms of energy can be made from...
Handout
Tech Target

What Is: Resistance

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of resistance and how it is measured. Including information on AC and DC.
Unit Plan
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....
Handout
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.
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Completing the Circuit

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In the everyday electrical devices we use - calculators, remote controls and cell phones - a voltage source such as a battery is required to close the circuit and operate the device. In this hands-on activity, students use a battery,...
Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Designing a Thermostat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate circuits and their components by building a basic thermostat. They learn why key parts are necessary for the circuit to function, and alter the circuit to optimize the thermostat temperature range. They also gain an...