Resistance in a Wire
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Topics
- Resistivity
- Resistance
- Circuits
Description
Observe changes to the equation and wire as you play with the resistivity, length, and area sliders.
Sample Learning Goals
- Predict how changing each variable will affect the resistance.
- Explain the difference between resistance and resistivity.
Teacher Tips
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Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ). |
Teacher-Submitted Activities
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| Basic Electricity: short inquiry activities includes ideas for several sims |
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Trish Loeblein | HS UG-Intro MS |
Lab HW CQs |
Physics |
| Resistance in a Wire |
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Elyse Zimmer | HS | Lab | Physics | |
| Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS |
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Trish Loeblein | HS | Other | Biology Chemistry Earth Science Physics |
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| How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? |
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Sarah Borenstein | MS | Other | Chemistry Physics Earth Science Biology |
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| Mapping of PhET and IBDP Physics | Jaya Ramchandani | HS | Other | Physics | ||
| MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment | Elyse Zimmer | MS HS |
Other | Biology Chemistry Physics |
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| Resistance of wire | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| Resistivity Worksheet | Linda Detwiler | MS HS |
Guided Lab HW |
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| Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 |
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Diana López | HS MS UG-Adv Grad K-5 UG-Intro |
Discuss HW |
Chemistry Mathematics Astronomy Physics |
| Resistance of wire | SK Gupta, Chaithra Navada, Sanjana Acharya, Vaibhav Gupta | HS | Lab | Physics | ||
| sperimenta e rispondi | giuliana lo giudice | HS | Guided Lab |
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| Eletrodinâmica (Atividades) nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | MS Other HS |
Discuss Guided HW Other |
Physics Mathematics Other |
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| Atividades sobre Eletricidade nos OA's do PhET | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | MS HS UG-Intro Other |
Lab Discuss Guided Demo HW |
Earth Science Other Physics |
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| 2ª Lei de Ohm no "Resistance in a Wire (HTML5)" | Artur Araújo Cavalcante e Gilvandenys Leite Sales | HS Other MS |
Other Lab HW Guided |
Earth Science Physics Other Mathematics |
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| Laboratorio Virtual basado en el Aprendizaje Activo de la Física para abordar la Ley de Ohm y la Resistencia en un elemento conductor | Diego Fernando Becerra Rodríguez | UG-Adv UG-Intro |
Lab | Physics |
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The new HTML5 sims can run on iPads and Chromebooks, as well as PC, Mac, and Linux systems.
iPad:
iOS 11+ Safari
iPad compatible sims
Android:
Not officially supported. If you are using the HTML5 sims on Android, we recommend using the latest version of Google Chrome.
Chromebook:
Latest version of Google Chrome
The HTML5 and Flash PhET sims are supported on all Chromebooks.
Chromebook compatible sims
Windows Systems:
Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer 11, latest version of Firefox, latest version of Google Chrome.
Macintosh Systems:
macOS 10.9.5+, Safari 9+, latest version of Chrome.
Linux Systems:
Not officially supported. Please contact phethelp@colorado.edu with troubleshooting issues.
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