Resistance - student designed investigation
Publication Date:
January, 2015
Type of Resource:
Practical activity/investigation
This downloadable resource deals with determining the value of an unknown resistor.
The resource is a student-designed investigation, with a basic concept presented and a series of questions for them to consider.
It relies on some student knowledge of Ohm's Law and how to determine a resistor's value from the gradient of a voltage vs current graph.
Australian Curriculum v9 Codes: AC9S9U04 (Year 9)
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