This follows on from our work investigating resistance in series and parallel.
When you are done with your exploration of series and parallel resistors, you and your lab partner should work together to outline a report that does the following:
Presents two circuits in series (as Fritzing diagrams), describes the results you obtained through empirical measurement, and describes the mathematical relationship that allows us to predict, for any number of resistors, what the resistance will be when measured in series.
Presents two circuits in parallel (as Fritzing diagrams), describes the results you obtained through empirical measurement, and describes the mathematical relationship that allows us to predict, for any number of resistors, what the resistance will be when measured in parallel.
After you’ve outlined the work together, you will write the report separately so as to demonstrate your independent thinking and learning on this activity. The report will likely be 2-3 pages at least, given diagrams, tables, and enough writing to make clear to the reader what is going on.
This report (in conjunction with the reflection questions) contributes to the following learning objectives.