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CIRCUIT ASSIGNMENT === Area of Interaction: Environments === === Significant Concepts: Basic circuits === === Unit Question: How have circuits impacted our environments? ===

INVESTIGATE: Define the following using this site:  Webster's Dictionary Voltage:
 * electric potential or potential difference expressed in __[|volts] __

Current: used as a medium of exchange

Resistance:

Also called __ [|ohmic resistance.] __ a property of a conductor by virtue of __ [|which] __ the passage of __ [|current] __ is opposed, causing electric energy to be transformed intoheat: equal to the voltage across the conductor dividedby the current flowing in the conductor: usuallymeasured in ohms. Abbreviation: R

Circuit:

Also called __ [|electric circuit.] __ the complete path of anelectric __ [|current] __, including the generating apparatus, intervening resistors, or capacitors.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Transistors: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Electronics. a semiconductor device that amplifies, oscillates, or switches the flow of __ [|current] __ between two terminals by varying the current or voltage between one ofthe terminals and a third: although much smaller in sizethan a vacuum tube, it performs similar functions withoutrequiring current to heat a cathode.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">LEDs: // light-emitting diode //

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Capacitor: <span style="background-color: initial; color: #333333; display: block; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 1em;"> device for accumulating and holding a charge of electricity, consisting of two equally charged conducting surfaces havingopposite signs and separated by a dielectric.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Resistor: a device designed to introduce __ [|resistance] __ into an electric circuit.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Switch: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Electricity. a device for turning on or off or directing an electric __ [|current] __ or for making or breaking a circuit.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Digital Electronics: The implementation of __ [|two-valued logic] __ using electronic __ [|logic gates] __ such as __ [|and gates] __, __ [|or gates] __ and __ [|flip-flops] __. In such circuitsthe logical values true and false are represented by two different__ [|voltages] __, e.g. 0V for false and +5V for true. Similarly, numbersare normally represented in __ [|binary] __ using two different voltages torepresented zero and one.

Digital electronics contrasts with __ [|analogue] __ electronics whichrepresents continuously varying quantities like sound pressureusing continuously varying voltages.

Digital electronics is the foundation of modern computers and__ [|digital communications] __. Massively complex digital logic circuitswith millions of gates can now be built onto a single __ [|integrated circuit] __ such as a __ [|microprocessor] __ and these circuits can performmillions of operations per second.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">*Integrated Circuit: a circuit of transistors, resistors, and capacitors constructed on a single semiconductor wafer or chip, in __ [|which] __ the components areinterconnected to perform a given function. <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Abbreviation: IC

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">*Binary Code: system of representing letters, numbers, or other characters, using binary notation.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">*Circuit Breaker:

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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Electricity. Also called __ [|breaker.] __ a device for interrupting an electric circuit to prevent excessive __ [|current] __, as that caused by a short circuit, from damaging the apparatus in the circuit or from causing a fire.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">*Conductor: a substance, body, or device that readily __ [|conducts] __ heat, electricity, __ [|sound] __, etc.: <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copper is a good conductor of <span style="color: #0055bb; font-family: Georgia,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">electricity.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Go to the following site and run the circuit construction kit. The site is: [|Circuit Link]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Using this site, answer the following questions:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">1. Using one battery, make the light bulb work. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts:9 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps:.9

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">2. Light two light bulbs with one battery. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts:4.5 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps:.45

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">3. Using a switch to light one light bulb. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: 9 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .9

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">4. Use a capacitor with your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: 8.4 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .84

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">5. Use an inductor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: 9 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps .9

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">6. Use an AC Voltage in your circuit. What happens to the current? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: Keeps going from very high to very low. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: Same as voltage.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">7. Which items in the grab bag complete the circuit? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">(One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Dollar Bill Nope <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Paper clip Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">c. Penny yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">d. Eraser no <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">e. Pencil lead barely <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">f. Hand no <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">g. Dog no

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">8. Use a resistor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">9. Add two batteries to light one light bulb. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts:4.5 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps:.45

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">10. Add three batteries to the circuit. Right click on one of the batteries <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">and change the voltage to 100%. What happens to your batteries? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: 117.99 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: 11.8

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">11. Make your own circuit <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a. Volts: 1,000,000 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps:100,000 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">c. Explain what happened with your circuit: The one battery powered the light. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">d. Describe/draw your circuit below: It was a ginormous battery with 2 wires.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">EVALUATE

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Answer the Following Questions After You Complete Circuit: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">1. Did you like making the circuit? YES <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">2. What did you like the least about making the circuit? Getting burned <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">3. What did you like the best about making the circuit? Sodderinig! <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">4. Using complete sentences, explain how circuits can be applied in the real world. (List three) We use circuits in everything. Everything electric has a circuit. Without circuits, the world would not be cool.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">5. Were you careful with the circuit, solder, and soldering iron? YES <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">6. Were you respectful and nice to other students? YES <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">7. Did you take a picture of both your circuits and add them to this wiki page? YES

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">ATTITUDE <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">1. Did you have a good attitude answering the questions? Explain: Yes, we answered quickly and quietly. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">2. Did you have a good attitude making the circuits? Explain: Yes, we had lots of fun. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">3. Were you a whiny baby during the circuit unit? Explain: NO, we were awesome!