Electricity & Electronics
Day Concept Learning & Activity
Evidence
1 Open and Closed Circuits (Chap. 1, pgs. 3-6, 9)
Experiment 1/Lesson 1 WS
Need: Battery
2 Potential and Kinetic Energy (Chap. 1, pgs. 6-12)
Experiment 2/Lesson 2 WS
Need: Batteries & tape
3 Batteries in Parallel (Chap. 1, pgs. 10-13)
Experiment 3/Lesson 3 WS
Need: Batteries, tape & paper clips
4 Switches (Chap. 1, pgs. 7-15)
Experiment 4/Lesson 4 WS
5 Conservation of Energy (Chap. 2, pgs. 16-25)
Experiment 5/Lesson 5 WS
5-Day Checkpoint Test:10 Questions (# 1-10)
6 Resistors (Chap. 3, pgs. 26-30)
Experiment 6/Lesson 6 WS
7 Conductor vs. Insulator (Chap. 3, pgs. 31-36)
Experiment 7/Lesson 7 WS
Need: 6 materials to test
8 Series vs. Parallel (Chap. 1 pgs. 10-12; Chap. 2, pgs. 18-21)
Experiment 8/Lesson 8 WS
9 Transistor AM Radio (Capacitors Ch. 4; Transistors Ch. 5; Oscillators & Electronic Sound Ch. 6; EM & Radio Ch. 8)
Project #527, Page 16
Find a Radio signal
10 Solar Music (Integrated Circuits Ch 7; Sun Power Ch. 13)
Project #557, Page 28
Clap your hands to resume
10 10-Day Checkpoint Test: 10 Questions (# 11-20)
Career Planning - select and research two related careers using www.mynextmove.org
Career Research and Planning WS
Physicist, Electrical Engineers, Computer Engineer, Electrician, Electronics Engineering Technician
Soldering Training Links
START HERE with these two videos:
Basic Soldering Technique - youtube.com - Brief introduction to component soldering with an English accent.
Skillbuilder: Learn to Solder - youtube.com - Introduction with a focus on soldering wires together.
How To Solder: A Beginner’s Guide - makerspaces.com
Mastering the Art of Soldering: User Guide for the Plusivo Soldering Kit - EN r03.pdf - Extensive guide and soldering using Plusivo products. Spanish
Pace Basic Soldering Series - youtube.com - detailed tutorials.
Basic Soldering Lesson 1 - "Solder & Flux" - Solder, flux, the 2-second rule,
Basic Soldering Lesson 6 - "Component Soldering" - Soldering basic components on a single-sided Printed Circuit Board (PCB).
Basic Soldering Lesson 7 - "Integrated Circuits: The DIP-Type Package" - Soldering integrated circuits on a double-sided PCB.
Basic Soldering Lesson 8 - "Integrated Circuits" - Soldering TO-5 type
Basic Soldering Lesson 9 - "Integrated Circuits: The Flatpack & Other Planar-mounted Components" - Soldering Surface Mounted Devices (SMDs) with the reflow technique.
How To Do SMD Soldering Using a Soldering Iron - build-electr
Lead-free Hand-soldering – Ending the Nightmares - kester.com - Tips and tricks for hand soldering using lead-free solder.
Electronic Kits
Snap Circuits Kit SC-750R Project Guides and Student Guides Folder - PDFs renamed for student use.
Elenco SP-1A/AK-100 Learn to Solder Kit - pololu.com - Beginning soldering kit with lots of opportunity for practice.
Elenco SP-3B Solder Practice Kit - elenco.com
4-Digit Digital Clock Kits with PCB from 4-Digit Digital Clock Kits with PCB - Amazon
Supplies
Tools: small diagonal pliers, solder sucker, solder wick, tweezers, pick, solder stand, helping hands