Series and Parallel Capacitors

Students use a capacitance meter to measure the equivalent capacitance in simple series and parallel circuits and determine the equivalent capacitance of capacitors connected in series and parallel.

Grade Level: Advanced Placement

Subject: Physics

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	Series and Parallel Capacitors (Guided Inquiry)	195.09 KB
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	Series and Parallel Capacitors (Student Designed)	192.14 KB
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Standards Correlations

IB^® Topics	AP^® Topics
11.3	4.E.5.3; 5.B.9.5

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AC/DC Electronics Laboratory

Facilitates electricity experiments for AC and DC. Can be used as a stand-alone with a multimeter or with PASCO sensors and software.

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