Unpacked Content
Scientific and Engineering Practices
Developing and Using Models
Crosscutting Concepts
Cause and Effect
Knowledge
Students know:
- A series circuit is a closed circuit in which resistors are arranged in a chain and the current follows only one path.
- A parallel circuit is a closed in which the current divides into two or more paths before recombining to complete the circuit.
- A multimeter is a device consisting of one or more meters, as an ammeter and voltmeter, used to measure two or more electrical quantities in an electric circuit, as voltage, resistance, and current.
- Energy can be transferred from place to place by electric currents.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Construct a series circuit with resistors (bulbs) and batteries.
- Construct a parallel circuit with resistors (bulbs) and batteries.
- Use a multimeter to take data of amps, ohms and volts for the circuits.
- Use Ohm's law to verify your circuit current, resistance, and voltage amounts.
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Energy released by electricity can move from place to place.
- Ohm's law formulas may be used to calculate electrical values to design circuits.and use electricity in a useful way.
Vocabulary
- Circuit
- Resistor
- Wire
- Battery
- Bulbs
- Capacitor
- Conductor
- Insulator
- Charge
- Amps
- Volts
- Ohms
- Multimeter
