Learning Electricity

Interactive Simulations

BASIC CONCEPTS

01 Simple circuit

02 Parallel or series circuit | activity

03 Short circuit | an activity

04 Short circuit | why is it so dangerous ?

05 Circuit diagram | to draw simple circuits

06 Electrical conductors vs insulators

07 Hydraulic analogy | voltage vs current

08 Direction of the current | the diode

MEASURING AND LAWS OF CIRCUITS

09 Multimeter | measuring voltage, current and resistance

10 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL) | 2 bulbs (#1)

11 Kirchhoff's Voltage Law (KVL) | 2 bulbs (#2)

12 KVL | 2 bulbs + regulated DC power supply

13 Kirchhoff's VOLTAGE Law (KVL) | 1 bulb + 1 resistor

14 Kirchhoff's CURRENT Law (KCL) | 1 bulb + 1 resistor

15 Kirchhoff's CURRENT Law (KCL) | 2 bulbs

16 Ohm's Law | resistor behavior, characteristic curve

AlTERNATING CURRENT - AC

17 Magnet and coil for AC production

18 Graph of AC voltage over time

19 Sine waveform voltage, period, peak voltage, RMS

20 Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope CRO working principle

21 Oscilloscope | reading the peak voltage (amplitude)

22 Oscilloscope | reading the period

23 Oscilloscope | displaying the form of an audio signal

24 Oscilloscope | sine, square and triangle signal

25 Electric power | fuse | overcurrent

ELECTROMAGNETISM

26 Magnetic field | Bar magnet field lines

27 Solenoid | magnetic field, voltage and current

28 Solenoid | 4 activities

29 Lorentz force application : rail gun | right-hand rule

30 Lorentz force application : electric motor

31 Lorentz force application : speaker

32 Motor efficiency | energy tranfers

PRACTICE QUESTIONS

ASSESSMENT

BOOKS

47 Household electric energy consumption | waste - saving

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