Introduction to Circuits

This Introduction to Circuits lesson, from the Contextualize to Learn project at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, is part of a series of seven applied electronics math lessons. Students will practice drawing circuits and doing calculations on circuits with parallel and series voltage sources. The lesson also introduces Ohm's law and the Power Rule and provides students opportunities to manipulate and solve linear equations. In addition, students graph linear equations and make predictions based on the graph.

Two PDF's are included, an 11-page student lesson and a 14-page instructor guide with notes and answers. The expected total time for the lesson is five hours. This lesson plan includes prerequisite assumptions, course competencies, specific objectives, modeling notes, problem situations, and more.