Circuits

=== 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: electrical potential

Current:keeps running

Resistance:stops

Circuit:<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">a space enclosed in an area

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Transistors:<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">solid state thing used to carry electricity

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">LEDs:<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">smaal lights that use little electricity

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Capacitor: <span class="ssens" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top;">**:** a device giving <span style="background-color: initial; color: #1122cc; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: top;">[|capacitance] <span class="ssens" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top;"> and usually consisting of conducting plates or foils separated by thin layers of dielectric (as air or mica) with the plates on opposite sides of the dielectric layers oppositely charged by a source of voltage and the electrical energy of the charged system stored in the polarized dielectric

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Resistor:<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">resists electricity

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Switch: <span class="ssens" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top;">**:** a device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in an electrical circuit <span style="background-color: initial; color: black; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top;">6

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Digital Electronics: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">thing used to power digital things

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Integrated Circuit: <span class="ssens" style="background-color: initial; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: top;">a tiny complex of electronic components and their connections that is produced in or on a small slice of material (as silicon)

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Binary Code: a code composed of 0's and 1's

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Circuit Breaker: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">thing used to protect buildings from power surges

<span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Conductor: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">conducts 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 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .9 Amps

<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 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .45 Amps

<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 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .9 Amps

<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: 0 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: 0 Amps

<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: Keeps Rising <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .9 Amps

<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: It went up and down <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: It went up and down

<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 <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">No <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Paper clip <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">c. Penny <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Yes <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">d. Eraser <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">No <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">e. Pencil lead <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Barley <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">f. Hand <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">No <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">g. Dog <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">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: 4.5 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: .45 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: 18 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: 1.8 Amps

<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: 118 Volts <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: 11.8 Amps

<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: It crashed the computer <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">b. Amps: It crashed <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">c. Explain what happened with your circuit: Explode <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">d. Describe/draw your circuit below:

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 24px;">CREATE <span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Now start your circuit project. Get the materials and instruction from Ms. Bradfield.

1) Sound Activated Switch-#3 2) Space Battle (2)-#36 3) Space War Music Combo-#68 4) Microphone Control-#273

<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 Your Circuit: <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">1. Did you like making the circuit? <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">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? <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">They sometimes would not work. <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? <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Making stupid noises. <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) <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">I helps you know how to build and set things up. <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">It can give you a minor shock so you know not to do something and not go and get a major shock. <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 170%;">It can teach you how to make designs. <span style="color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">5. Were you careful with the circuit, solder, and soldering iron? <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">6. Were you respectful and nice to other students? <span style="color: #ffff00; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Yes <span style="color: #ffffff; 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?

<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: <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Of cause because after I get to play games. <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: <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">Yes, it was super 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: <span style="color: #808000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 20.8px;">No, it was to fun for that.