Circuits

=CIRCUIT ASSIGNMENT =

=== Area of Interaction: Environments === === Significant Concepts: Basic circuits === === Unit Question: How have circuits impacted our environments? It has improved our lives by moving out of the Agriculture Age to the Info Age. It has made our lives easier so we can work longer hours. It allows us to transport and save info on a computer. ===

INVESTIGATE:  Define the following: Voltage: E <span style="background-color: transparent; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">lectromotive force expressed in volts

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Current: <span style="color: #ff8100; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The Velocity of the flow

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Resistance: <span style="color: #00ffa0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">A property of a conductor that makes electricity transfer heat

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Circuit: <span style="color: #d000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">The complete path of an Electric Current

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Transistors: <span style="color: #00ff3a; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">A semi-conductor that switches or amplifies the flow of a current

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> LEDs: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #ff00ff; cursor: default; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: static;">light-emitting diode-A semi-conducting diode that produces light

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Capacitor: A device for holding a charge of electricity

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Resistor: <span style="color: #c0c0c0; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">A device used to introduce resistance in an electrical current

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Switch:<span style="color: #deff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> A device used to direct a current

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Digital Electronics<span style="color: #29ff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">: Electronics involving circuits.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Integrated Circuit: <span style="color: #ff001c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">A circuit of transistors on a single semi-conducting chip in which the components are connected to perform a function.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Binary Code:<span style="color: #3d54b3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> A system of characters using binary notation.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> How have circuits impacted our environment? ===<span style="font-size: 1.1em; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"> <span style="color: #ffea00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 19px;">It has improved our lives by moving out of the Agriculture Age to the Info Age. It has made our lives easier so we can work longer hours. It allows us to transport and save info on a computer. ===

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Go to the following site and run the circuit construction kit. The site is: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding-right: 10px;">[|Circuit Link]

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Using this site, answer the following questions:

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. Using one battery, make the light bulb work. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: 9 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: 0.9

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 2. Light two light bulbs with one battery. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: 4.5 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: .45

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 3. Using a switch to light one light bulb. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: 9 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: 0.9

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 4. Use a capacitor with your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts:Decreases to 0 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: Decreases to 0

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 5. Use an inductor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: Constantly Increasing <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps Constantly Increasing

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 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: 17px;"> a. Volts: Jumping from high to low <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: Jumping from high to low

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 7. Which items in the grab bag complete the circuit? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Dollar Bill no <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Paper clip: yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> c. Penny: yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> d. Eraser: no <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> e. Pencil lead: yes, a bit by 0.3 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> f. Hand: no <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> g. Dog: no

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 8. Use a resistor in your circuit. (One battery, one bulb) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: 4.5 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: .45

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 9. Add two batteries to light one light bulb. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts:18 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: 1.8

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 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: 17px;"> and change the voltage to 100%. What happens to your batteries? They caught on fire <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: 117.8 <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: 11.8

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 11. Make your own circuit <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> a. Volts: Constantly changing in the hundreds <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> b. Amps: Constantly Changing <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> c. Explain what happened with your circuit: It was on fire <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> d. Describe/draw your circuit below:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">CREATE <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Now start your circuit project. Get the materials and instruction from Ms. Bradfield.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">EVALUATE

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Answer the Following Questions After You Complete Your Circuit: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. Did you like making the circuit? <span style="color: #d000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 2. What did you like the least about making the circuit? <span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">It took a long time and you could get burned. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 3. What did you like the best about making the circuit? <span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">It was fun to solder <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 4. Using complete sentences, explain how circuits can be applied in the real world. (List three) <span style="color: #3d54b3; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Computers, I-pods, Watches basically everything electronic.

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5. Were you careful with the circuit, solder, and soldering iron? <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 6. Were you respectful and nice to other students? Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 7. Did you take a picture of both your circuits and add them to this wiki page? <span style="color: #ff001c; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">YES

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">ATTITUDE <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. Did you have a good attitude answering the questions? Explain: <span style="color: #15d13f; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Yes, we did all of the work, but we didn't whine. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 2. Did you have a good attitude making the circuits? Explain: <span style="color: #deff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">YES! Even though it was reallly hard at first to solder, we stuck with it and finished making the circuits. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> 3. Were you a whiny baby during the circuit unit? Explain: NO, we didn't complain while making the circuit.