My students need lab materials such as Snap Circuits Sets and DC Generators to successfully study current electricity.
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My Students
Zap! We are finishing our unit on static electricity and my students are shockingly excited about transferring static charges from one to the another. I would like to extend this excitement into our unit on "current electricity," but lack many of the equipment to do so.
My students are mainly inner city children attending a charter school.
The majority of them receive subsidized school lunch and come from single parent households. Their previous exposure to science, while good, was totally lacking in hands on, open ended experimentation. As freshmen in high school, their math skills are evolving and my course, Conceptual Physics, is their pathway to applied science including as much math as they can absorb. This would include Ohm's Law for electricity as well as calculating the voltage in both parallel and series circuits.
My Project
These kits would allow an entire classroom to complete the building of series and parallel circuits which would then be tested for voltage, amperage and resistance. I would extend the lesson using resistors purchased from a local Radio Shack and would use the volt ohm meters that we currently own. Each team would build a demonstration circuit and would show how each bulb in the circuit is affected. We would then use the materials in the kits to extend the basic knowledge of the circuit types to calculations using Ohm's Law. Students will also build their own generators but would have access to the commercial ones in order to better understand how AC current is generated and the differences between AC and DC current.
This project is one of the many in the Conceptual Physics course which provide understanding into how science is applied in the real world.
Batteries, fuses, resistors, switches etc. are all part of their everyday experience. By completing this unit, my students will have an understanding of how the electricity that they use is produced and regulated. The calculations that they make will support their math skills and will enable them to read and interpret monthly electric bills.
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