Discovering patterns of current and voltage in series and parallel circuits
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| Title | Discovering patterns of current and voltage in series and parallel circuits |
| Description | In this guided lab activity, students measure voltage and current in different designs of circuit. Students decide what to measure in order to generate their own rules to describe how current and voltage behave in different circuits. Students also make predictions about the brightness of light bulbs in different circuits, based on the rules they created. |
| Subject | Physics |
| Level | High School |
| Type | Guided Activity, Lab |
| Duration | 90 minutes |
| Answers Included | No |
| Language | English |
| Keywords | current, measurement, parallel, series, voltage |
| Simulation(s) | Circuit Construction Kit: DC (HTML5) |
| Author(s) | Argenta Price, Alan Calac |
| School / Organization | PhET, SFUSD |
| Date submitted | 18/12/18 |
| Date updated | 18/12/20 |