Activities

Review Syllabus and view the laboratory safety presentation.

Content

This section gives links to video presentations and online content for this lesson.  The first lesson covers laboratory safety.

Presentations

• Lesson 0 - Lab Safety

Presentation Handouts

(Color pdf)
• Lesson 0 - Laboratory Safety


(Black and White pdf)
• Lesson 0 - Laboratory Safety

Activities

In this activity introduces students to the Digital Multimeter.  This is a universal test instrument used to measure many electrical quantities.  In a "hands-on" activity students learn the resistor color code and use a digital multimeter to check their interpretation of the resistor code value. Introduction to engineering notation of numbers.  

Activity Documents

• Activity 1 Procedure (pdf)
• Activity 1 Procedure (Word)
• Resistor Color Code
• Engineering Notation Worksheet
• Resistor Color Code Worksheet (pdf)
• Multimeter Usage and Safety

Content

In this section, students will learn the basic physics of electricity and see what typical electronic components look like.  They will also be introduced to the fundamental concepts of electricity.

Presentations

• Lesson 1 - Atoms and Material Properities
• Lesson 2 - Basic Components and Symbols
• Lesson 3 - Fundamentals of Electrictiy

Demonstration Videos

• Digital Multimeter (DMM) Introduction
• Resistance Measurement With DMM

Presentation Handouts

(Color pdf)
• Lesson 1 - Atoms and Material Properities
• Lesson 2 - Components and Symbols
• Lesson 3 - Fundamentals of Electrity


(Black and White pdf)
• Lesson 1 - Atoms and Material Properities
• Lesson 2 - Components and Symbols
• Lesson 3 - Fundamentals of Electrity