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PhET Teacher Ideas and Activities: Properties of Electric Circuits Using Only Circuit Construction Kit (CCK)

published by the PhET
written by Trish Loeblein

This is an inquiry-based lesson developed for use with the PhET DC Circuit Construction Kit, an interactive simulation that lets users build circuits with virtual wires, batteries, resistors, light bulbs, and switches. Students will build virtual circuits from schematic drawings, use a multimeter to take readings, and analyze the difference between real and simulated circuits. Also included are "clicker questions", designed to elicit prior understanding.

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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https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2823

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Education Practices - Active Learning = Modeling - Technology = Multimedia Electricity & Magnetism - DC Circuits = Circuit Analysis	- High School - Middle School	- Instructional Material = Activity = Lesson/Lesson Plan

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: © 2008 PHET and University of Colorado
PhET Interactive Simulations by The PhET Team, University of Colorado are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License. http://phet.colorado.edu/about/licensing.php
Merlot:: Merlot Record
SERCs:: Link to Material; Link to Material
Keywords:: DC Circuit, ammeter, battery, circuit simulation, electric circuits, electricity simulation, interactive multimedia, ohm's law, paraller, resistor, series, simulation, voltmeter
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 24, 2010 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: August 18, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 8, 2008
Other Collections:: The Physics Front

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10040">Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas and Activities: Properties of Electric Circuits Using Only Circuit Construction Kit (CCK). Boulder: PhET, November 8, 2008.</a>

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T. Loeblein, (PhET, Boulder, 2008), WWW Document, (https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2823).

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T. Loeblein, PhET Teacher Ideas and Activities: Properties of Electric Circuits Using Only Circuit Construction Kit (CCK) (PhET, Boulder, 2008), <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2823>.

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Loeblein, T. (2008, November 8). PhET Teacher Ideas and Activities: Properties of Electric Circuits Using Only Circuit Construction Kit (CCK). Retrieved March 21, 2025, from PhET: https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2823

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Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas and Activities: Properties of Electric Circuits Using Only Circuit Construction Kit (CCK). Boulder: PhET, November 8, 2008. https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2823 (accessed 21 March 2025).

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Loeblein, Trish. PhET Teacher Ideas and Activities: Properties of Electric Circuits Using Only Circuit Construction Kit (CCK). Boulder: PhET, 2008. 8 Nov. 2008. 21 Mar. 2025 <https://phet.colorado.edu/en/contributions/view/2823>.

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