PHYZ

This is part of the classroom curriculum I developed for use with my high school physics students.

JOB

This assignment focuses on a single theme and is most often given as homework, but could be completed in class as well. Students should be able to complete “job” worksheets on their own.

LAB (This can be done as a hands-on lab activity or a PhET sim lab)

Students will be working with something while completing this assignment. In this case, either switches, wires, a bulb, and a power source such as a Genecon, or the PhET sim, Circuits Construction Ket (DC).

LOGIC GATES

In this activity, students design electrical circuits that will turn on a light only when certain conditions are met. These conditions are fundamental elements of Boolean algebra and appear in advanced circuit design and computer programming. Each case will require a specific wiring configuration.

A pre-lab worksheet (PhyzJob) introduces the basics of Boolean logic with scenarios of a cow being denied or allowed access to a grazing pasture by various configurations of gates. Hence the "cover art" for this resource: a cow I shot (with my camera) near Moab, Utah, c. 2006.

Includes

Student document (print-friendly Google Docs file on Google Drive)

Answer key (with instructor's notes)