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Activity Based Physics Alternative Homework Assignment: Electrical Safety 1
written by Edward F. Redish and Patrick Cooney
This homework assignment is a realistic problem based on household electrical circuits.  The user must make estimations of physical parameters from the properties, sizes, and shapes of common objects.  Topics covered include Ohm's Law, resistivity, capacitance, alternating current, and circuits.
http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/aha/es1.htm
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Education Practices
- Active Learning
= Problem Solving
Electricity & Magnetism
- AC Circuits
= Impedance
- DC Circuits
= Currents
= Ohm's Law
= Power and Energy
- Lower Undergraduate
- High School
- Instructional Material
= Activity
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© 2002 Edward F. Redish
Keywords:
Ohm's Law, alternating current, parallel circuits, resistivity
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Metadata instance created July 16, 2008 by Christopher Allen
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December 1, 2009 by Caroline Hall
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June 25, 2002
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E. Redish and P. Cooney, (2002), WWW Document, (http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/aha/es1.htm).
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E. Redish and P. Cooney, Activity Based Physics Alternative Homework Assignment: Electrical Safety 1 (2002), <http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/aha/es1.htm>.
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Redish, E., & Cooney, P. (2002, June 25). Activity Based Physics Alternative Homework Assignment: Electrical Safety 1. Retrieved April 28, 2024, from http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/aha/es1.htm
Chicago Format
Redish, Edward F., and Patrick Cooney. Activity Based Physics Alternative Homework Assignment: Electrical Safety 1. June 25, 2002. http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/aha/es1.htm (accessed 28 April 2024).
MLA Format
Redish, Edward F., and Patrick Cooney. Activity Based Physics Alternative Homework Assignment: Electrical Safety 1. 2002. 25 June 2002. 28 Apr. 2024 <http://www.physics.umd.edu/perg/abp/aha/es1.htm>.
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@misc{ Author = "Edward F. Redish and Patrick Cooney", Title = {Activity Based Physics Alternative Homework Assignment: Electrical Safety 1}, Volume = {2024}, Number = {28 April 2024}, Month = {June 25, 2002}, Year = {2002} }
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