DC Circuits

Students use a voltage sensor, a current sensor, and an AC/DC electronics laboratory to construct simple resistor circuits with resistors in series or in parallel, or both (with at most one parallel loop of resistors), to demonstrate the validity of Kirchhoff's loop rule (conservation of energy), and Kirchhoff’s junction rule (conservation of charge).

Grade Level: Advanced Placement

Subject: Physics

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	DC Circuits (Student Designed)	149.86 KB
	DC Circuits	616.44 KB
	DC Circuits (Guided Inquiry)	153.90 KB
	DC Circuits	14.63 KB

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Standards Correlations

IB^® Topics	AP^® Topics
5.1; 5.2	1.B.1.2; 5.B.9.2; 5.B.9.3; 5.C.3.1

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Wireless Current Sensor

The Wireless Current Sensor facilitates introductory and advanced explorations of the fundamental concepts of electricity and basic circuits.

Wireless Voltage Sensor

Easily record voltage data while exploring fundamental circuit concepts, electrochemical batteries, and so much more.

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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