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In this episode, we examine how lights, switches, and other electrical devices are all connected either in “series” or in “parallel” with each other. How do they wire up the lights in your house so that in some rooms the light switch turns on only one light but in other rooms the light switch switches on two (or more) lights? And how is everything wired up so as to allow us to turn the lights on and off in different rooms independently of...
5) Electricity
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Provides information about electricity including how electricity is created, how it moves, and various inventions that use electricity.
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All electric circuits need an energy source, such as a battery. Learn what happens inside a battery, and analyze simple circuits in series and in parallel, involving one or more resistors. When capacitors are incorporated into circuits, they store electric energy and introduce time dependence into the circuit's behavior.
16) Cool circuits
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Provides step-by-step instructions for activities that teach about circuits and use household or inexpensive items.