Electrical_LP_1

5E Lesson plans developed by participants after a day exploring Electrical Engineering and Electronics Engineering Technology.

|| Students complete an abbreviated version (eliminate page 7) of the PhET Simulation for series and parallel circuits. || || Students will use copper tape to wire several different circuits. They will progress from a simple circuit to more complex designs where they have to think about the resistors they are adding, and where they must be in order for the circuit to function. The attached links are the student handouts that guide them through the designs. || || Students design a system for Christmas lights. Must make schematic and choices based to solve problem. Students then build actual circuits to test their predictions. ||
 * ===**5E Component**=== || ===**Link to Resource**=== || ===**Brief Description of Resource**=== ||
 * Engage || Holiday Lights: Series or Parallel? || YouTube video that explains the electricity and circuitry behind Christmas lights. ||
 * Explore || PhET Interactive Simulation - Circuit Construction Kit (DC)
 * Explain || Ohm's Law || Students will investigate the relationship between electric potentials and current while constructing a circuit involving a resistor of a known resistance. Students will then be required to construct graphical, mathematical, pictorial and verbal models of the investigation. Students will be asked to present these models to the class during a white-boarding session and their diagrams will be used to illustrate "why" and "how they know". The investigation of the parallel vs series circuitry as well as the other devices such as light bulbs and LED's can be investigated during the elaboration portion of the lesson plan. ||
 * Elaborate || [[file:1.Fabrication tutorial.docx|Circuit Design]]
 * Evaluate || Parallel & Series Circuits Performance Task