Unit 1: Introduction to Electrical Circuits

Unit 1-Intro to Electrical Circuits.zip

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Unit Description:

This teaching unit from Louisiana Delta Community College is part of a high school basic electronics course from Project COMPLETE (Controlling, Operating, and Measuring: Pathways for Learners to Engineering Technology Employment). The course is intended for use in a project-based learning environment. Unit 1 provides introductory information on electricity and electrical circuits. Topics covered include: introduction to electricity, voltage, Ohm's Law, understanding the breadboard, building circuits, power, and more. The other six units from the course cover additional topics related to electronics and are available to view separately.

Unit Contents:

This unit includes seven PowerPoint presentations, three sets of section review questions, a test and test key, a worksheet, and two graphic organizers.

The presentations are each dedicated to an individual topic for the unit and are labeled according to the order in which they are to be presented. The section review questions are intended to be given after each set of presentations. Answers to the section review questions are included. The test and test key cover the assessment questions and answers for this unit. The worksheet provides students with practice in Ohms and Watts law. The graphic organizers provide unit concepts and definitions; as well as terms, notation, formulas, and diagrams.

For orientation purposes the 01b_IntroductionToElectricity.pdf is included as a separate attachment and offers a sample of the type of material included in this unit.

Below is a list of the files included in the .zip attachment. The size of each file is included in parenthesis.

Unit 1-Intro to Electrical Circuits (15 files, 181.8 MB)