SC15.PHYS.12
Use the principles of Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws to design, construct, and analyze combination circuits using typical components (e.g., resistors, capacitors, diodes, sources of power).
Use the principles of Ohm’s and Kirchhoff’s laws to design, construct, and analyze combination circuits using typical components (e.g., resistors, capacitors, diodes, sources of power).
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Vocabulary
- ammeter
- voltmeter
- series
- parallel
- model
- Kirchhoff's laws
- Ohm's law
- resistance
- current
- electric potential
- multimeter
- positive
- negative
- electrical components
- circuit
- voltage source
- conductors
- resistor color code
- circuit diagram
- heat
- charge
- static electricity
Knowledge
Students know:
- The color code for the resistance of resistors.
- The basic principles of static electricity.
- How to construct electrical circuits.
- Several different components can be used to build an electrical circuit.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Design and use models.
- Develop an appropriate experimental procedure.
- Create a data sheet.
- Collect and organize experimental data.
- Follow written and verbal instructions.
- Make measurements using standard units.
- Effectively manipulate laboratory equipment.
- Work safely in collaborative lab groups.
- Manipulate equations.
- Interpret graphical data.
- Solve mathematical equations.
- Use a multimeter.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Circuits are complete pathways through which current will flow predictably and will provide energy to the connected component(s).
- Circuits may be simple or complex.
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Analyzing and Interpreting Data
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
