Currents and Circuits
Syllabus, Handouts and PowerPoint lectures for this unit: Calendar | Handouts | Lectures
Labs: Circuit PHET .:. Graphing PreLab .:. Resistance of a Wire
Light Bulb and Diode .:. Internal Resistance of a Battery-online .:. Circuit Spreadsheet .:. Oscilloscope
Internal Resistance of a Battery
Help on: Group Quiz ABDE .:. Group Quiz FGH .:. Group Quiz IJ1&2 .:. Group Quiz L
Assessments: 18.1 - Current, Voltage, and Power .:. 18.2 - Resistivity and Electron Drift
19.1 - Series and Parallel .:. 19.2 - Network Circuits .:. 19.3 - Kirchhoff's Laws .:. 19.4 - Capacitors in Series and Parallel
Study for the: IB Circuits Test .:. IB Circuits Problems
Study for the fall final exam: .:. Fall Final
18C2. Do calculations with electron drift velocity
Noteguide18C2-ElectronDrift.docx
Electron Drift Velocity:
Whiteboards: (The first and third are on your noteguide)
18H. Calculate series and parallel resistances.
Noteguide18H-SeriesAndParallelResistance.docx
Adding Resistors:
18I. Calculate resistances of reducible networks.
Noteguide18I-NetworkResistance.docx
Resistance Networks:
18J1. Solve reducible network circuits using a single reduction.
Net Example 2
18J2. Solve reducible network circuits using multiple reductions
Net Example 4:
18K. Understand terminal voltage of a battery.
Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Lobster Sticks to Magnet
18L. Solve network circuits using Kirchhoff's laws and matrices.
Applying the Loop and Junction Rule:
2. Answering Voltages and Powers:
3. Answering what |V1| is:
4. Something Incredibly Geeky with your TI Calculator:
Optional Examples:
Another Example - I solve Net Example 2 using Kirchhoff's Laws
18M. Understand how to use an Oscilloscope
Basic Oscilloscope Stuff
Calculating Period and Peak Voltage on an Oscilloscope
18N. Solving for capacitance in series, parallel and in networks.
Series:
Network: