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Unit 4 Calendar - Physics

Circuits Lab Part 1 -- Voltage and Ohm's Law (1/3; Due 1/4 or 1/5)

Link to PhET Simulation

Ohm's Law Concept Checker (1/4 or 1/5; Due Same Day)

Concept-Development 34-1 - Ohm's Law (Solutions) (1/4 or 1/5; Due 1/6)

Circuits Lab Part 2 -- Series Circuits (1/6 & 1/9; Due 1/10)

Link to PhET Simulation

Discuss Series Circuits (1/9)
Notes from Whiteboard - Series Circuits 1
Notes from Whiteboard - Series Circuits 2

Series Circuit Practice (Solutions) (1/9; Due 1/10)

Circuits Lab Part 3 -- Parallel Circuits (1/10 to 1/12; Due 1/13)

Link to PhET Simulation

Discuss Parallel Circuits / Compare and Contrast Series and Parallel Circuits (1/11 or 1/12)
Notes from Whiteboard - Series vs. Parallel Circuits 1
Notes from Whiteboard - Series vs. Parallel Circuits 2

Series and Parallel Circuit Summary (1/13)

Parallel Circuit Practice (Solutions) (1/11 or 1/12; Due 1/13)

Series and Parallel Practice (Solutions) (1/13; Due 1/17)

Physics Classroom - Circuit Analysis (Solutions) (1/13; Due 1/17)

Concept-Development 35-1 (Key) (1/17; Due 1/18 or 1/19)

Concept-Development 35-2 (Key) (1/17; Due 1/18 or 1/19)

Solve Circuit Problems on Tables (Solutions) (1/18 or 1/19; Check Off Due 1/20)

Optional Extra Practice:  Combination Circuits (Answers)

 

 

 

 

 

Some Helpful Videos:
There is some great content in them that we have covered in class.  They also go into more depth that we will / are.

Crash Course Physics #28--Electric Current
This includes Ohm's Law, voltage, current, and resistance

Crash Course Physics #29--DC Resistors and Batteries
This includes series and parallel circuits

Crash Course Physics #30--Circuit Analysis
This includes combination circuits


Textbook Links:

Chapter 34 - Electric Current

Chapter 35 - Electric Circuits

 

Reading Calendar:

Jan. 3 Sections 34.1 - 34.6, 34.10
   
Jan. 9 Sections 35.1 - 35.5, 35.7
   
Jan. 17 Section 35.6 and Circuit Basics
   
Jan. 23 None This Week
   

 

 

 

 

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