Lesson 8 — Phet practical

• Nask
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Practical electricity

This lesson

• Recap quiz
  
• Simulation practical (using laptops)
  

Learning goals

• You can recognise and build series and parallel circuits.
  

• You can Describe how current gets divided in a series circuit and how it gets divided in a parallel circuit.
  

Recap Quiz

Which of these two drawings is a circuit diagram?

1. The one on the left
2. the one on the right

Is this a series or a parallel circuit?

1. A series circuit
2. A parallel circuit

Which of these two is a series circuit?

1. The one on the left
2. The one on the right

What are the two types of electrical charge?
Which particle causes each type of charge?
How do these electrical charges interact?

Explain in your own words what electrical current is.

What is the unit of charge?

1. Coulomb (c)
2. Ampere (A)
3. Volt (V)
4. Watt (W)

What is the symbol for charge?

1. Q
2. C
3. I
4. e

What is the unit of current?

1. Electrons (e)
2. Ampere (A)
3. Volt (V)
4. Coulomb (C)

What is the symbol for current?

1. Q
2. C
3. I
4. e

An iPhone charger uses a current of 0.08 ampere when connected to a European socket. With this current it takes an iPhone 12, 2 hours and 8 minutes to go from 0% to 100%. How much coulomb flew through the charger in this time?

1. 576 C
2. 0.224 C
3. 614.5 C
4. 96000 C

Simulation practial

Link

Current out battery = current component 1 = current component 2 =....

Series circuits

Current out battery = current branch 1 + current branch 2 +....

Parallel circuits

Learning goals

• You can recognise and build series and parallel circuits.
  

• You can Describe how current gets divided in a series circuit and how it gets divided in a parallel circuit.