Electricity and Electronics

Classroom and Workshop Tasks

Research Aids

Independent Learning Packages

Fuse Tester

Information Technology

Electricity and Electronics

Links

Educational Products (Control Systems)

Rob Coles, UK
Detailed Information on Electricity

Duracell
How a Battery Works

The Family Explorer, US
A Demonstration of Static Electricity

Hillside Elementary School, US
What is Electricity?

Graham Knott, UK
The Hazards of Electric Shock
What is Electric Current?
About Fuses
Batteries in Series and Parallel
About Power Supply Units/ Transformers
The Resistor Colour Codes
About Resistors
About Integrated Circuits
About Diodes
About Printed Circuit Boards
About Wires and Cables
About Capacitors
About the Value Multipliers - Nano, Pico etc Explained
Using Block Diagrams to Represent Electronic Systems
Electronic Symbols Explained
Electronic Circuit Diagrams Explained
Tips on How to Use Stripboard
Tips on How to Solder
Tips on Logical Fault Finding in Your Circuits

Museum of Science, Boston, US
Glossary of Electronic Terms

Newton's Apple, US
About Electricity
The Technology of Infrared Light

Katy Ricketts - Sci-Journal, UK
Her School Project on Investigating the Resistance of a Piece of Wire

UK Technology Education Centre
About Electrical Plugs
About Electrical Safety: Some Simple Precautions
About Fuses
About Light Emitting Diodes
About Resistors

University of Leeds, UK
Dictionary of Electronic Components

Unnamed Source
About Conductors, Insulators and Semi-Conductors

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