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Lesson Plan:  Grade 10 Science Class

Lesson: ~1 hour

1. Introduction of Ohm’s Law and definitions of current, voltage, resistance
2. Introduce Kirchhoff’s current and voltage laws
3. Series Circuits
   1. Demonstration of a series circuit, with students determining what will happen when resistors are added to the circuit.  Comparison of experimental and theoretical data.
4. Parallel Circuits
   1. Demonstration of a parallel circuit, with students determining what will happen when resistors are added to the circuit.  Comparison of experimental and theoretical data.
5. Introduction of the light bulb
6. Power
7. Bulbs in series demonstration
8. Bulbs in parallel demonstration
9. Explanation of the non-linearity of light bulbs
10. “Memory Bulbs” demonstration
11. Conclusion of lesson

Powerpoint presentation

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