Sample Learning Goals
Explain the relationships between voltage, charge, stored energy, and capacitance
Predict how capacitance changes when the plate area or plate separation changes
Describe how charge drains away from a capacitor into a light bulb
Sample Learning Goals
Explore basic electricity relationships.
Explain basic electricity relationships in series and parallel circuits.
Use an ammeter and voltmeter to take readings in circuits.
Provide reasoning to explain the measurements and relationships in circuits.
Build circuits from schematic drawings.
Determine if common objects are conductors or insulators.
Sample Learning Goals
Explore basic electricity relationships.
Explain basic electricity relationships in series and parallel circuits.
Use an ammeter and voltmeter to take readings in circuits.
Provide reasoning to explain the measurements and relationships in circuits.
Build circuits from schematic drawings.
Determine if common objects are conductors or insulators.
This is a PBL project that allows students to design, build, and explain an electrical device that would safely and accurately demonstrate their mastery of the principles of electricity and magnetism.