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Squishy Circuits 
  
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Squishy Circuits was developed to teach circuit electricity by letting students build circuits from a PlayDoh-like substance. There are two simple recipes for making the dough, one…
https://squishycircuits.com/
The Physics Classroom: Current Electricity 
  
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This resource is a four-part chapter on fundamentals of current electricity, from The Physics Classroom collection of interactive tutorials for introductory physics students. Topics…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circuits
The Physics Classroom: Electrical Resistance: Journey of a Typical Electron 
  
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This is an interactive tutorial for introductory physics on resistance and Ohm's Law. It explores the journey of an electron through the wires of an electric circuit, explaining how…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circuits/U9L3a.cfm
The Physics Classroom: Ohm's Law 
  
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This interactive tutorial on Ohm's Law, part of The Physics Classroom tutorial collection, provides a conceptual foundation for understanding one of the most powerful formulas in…
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/circuits/u9l3c.cfm
TryEngineering: Using Ohm’s Law to Build a Voltage Divider 
  
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In this high school lab, students design and build one of the basic circuits of electrical engineering: the voltage divider -- a form of linear circuit capable of producing a wide…
https://tryengineering.org/teacher/using-ohms-law-build-voltage-divider/
Concord Consortium: Electric Current 
  
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This 90-minute activity features six interactive molecular models to explore the relationships among voltage, current, and resistance. Students start at the atomic level to explore…
https://learn.concord.org/resources/122/electric-current
PhET: Neuron Simulation  [ Computer Program ]
  
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This mobile-friendly simulation will let your students explore what happens when an electrical impulse stimulates a neuron. Observe the ions as they move across the neuron membrane…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/neuron
Nerve Science - Using Gelatin Circuits to Explore How Neurons Work  [ Report ]
  
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This multidisciplinary lesson for Grades 9-12 integrates Biology and Physics as students model signal transmission along an "axon" by sending a small electric current through a vinyl…
https://www.compadre.org/precollege/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=14005&DocI...
PhET: Resistance in a Wire 
  
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This mobile-friendly computational model lets students explore resistance in a wire. It presents the Resistivity Equation and allows you to change the values for resistivity, length…
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/resistance-in-a-wire
Molecular Expressions: Electricity & Magnetism: Resistance 
  
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This page is a simulation-based tutorial on resistance, the property of a substance that impedes the flow of electric current. It contains three interactive simulations: one allows…
https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/electromag/electricity/resistance.html
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