PhET Simulation: Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)

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This interactive java application gives students a virtual circuit simulator for building ac and dc circuits. Wires, batteries, resistors, light bulbs, capacitors, inductors, and switches are available to be added to the circuit, along with common "real world" objects. Parameters, such as resistance and voltage, can be modified as desired. Meters are available for measuring voltages and currents. Circuit elements can be arranged in any geometry desired by the user. The circuits can be viewed using either images of the objects or using schematic symbols. This is part of a large collection of simulations freely available from the Physics Education Technology group at the University of Colorado.

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - AC Circuits = RLC Circuits - AC - DC Circuits = Circuit Analysis = Currents = Ohm's Law = RC Circuits - General	- Lower Undergraduate - High School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Interactive Simulation = Laboratory - Audio/Visual = Movie/Animation

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2008 PHET and University of Colorado
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SERCs:: Link to Material; Link to Material
Keywords:: AC voltage, Batteries, Capacitor, DC Circuit, Inductor, Light bulbs, SERC, Switches, ammeter, battery, electric circuits, experiment simulation, interactive multimedia, ohm's law, paraller, resistor, series, voltmeter
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 12, 2008 by Taha Mzoughi
Record Updated:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 1, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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PhET. PhET Simulation: Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC). Boulder: PhET, January 1, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/circuit-construction-kit-ac (accessed 7 December 2024).

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