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Introduction to Current, Voltage, and Resistance

Title	Introduction to Current, Voltage, and Resistance
Description	This is a set of guided notes for the first day that our students are introduced to current, voltage and resistance. Learning goals are: i) Explain what voltage, resistance and current are; ii) Identify their roles in a ciruit. The answer key is formatted slightly differently than the students notes. This activity falls in the middle of a week that starts with electrostatics (and the balloon sim) and ends with constructing circuits in series and in parallel both in the circuit construction sim and in real life (with a real circuit board).
Subject	Physics
Level	High School
Type	Lab
Duration	60 minutes
Answers Included	No
Language	English
Keywords	Circuits, Electricity
Simulation(s)	Balloons and Static Electricity, Circuit Construction Kit (DC Only), John Travoltage

Author(s)	Karen King
Contact Email	kingkar@missouri.edu
School / Organization	Denver School of Science and Technology
Date submitted	5/6/07
Date updated	4/28/15