Circuit Lab

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Resources

NEW! Circuit Lab Quiz Book
2020 Chem / Physics Learning CD in the Science Olympiad Store - contains Circuit Lab
2020 Science Olympiad Test Packet - Contains the Div. C Circuit Lab test/key from the 2019 Science Olympiad National Tournament
Official Science Olympiad Circuit Lab Kit from Ward's Science
Example Graphs & Diagrams Template for Physics Events
Practice Videos from Physics National Event Supervisors on YouTube's Science Olympiad TV page - look under Events
TryEngineering.org - a site powered by IEEE with a page for Circuit Lab Resources
Practice Power Points from Physics National Event Supervisors by topic/week:
- 1 - Introduction, Terms, Ohm's Law
- 2 - Static Electricity, Conductors, Inductors, Making Measurements
- 3 - Kitchen Batteries, Series and Parallel Circuits
- 4 - More Advanced Series and Parallel Circuits
- 5 - Magnets, Voltage Dividers, Current Dividers
- 6 - Electric Charge, Fields, Capacitors
- 7 - Electromagnets and Motors
- 8 - Motors and Sample Competition
- 9 - Multiple Sources, Special notation, resistor marking
- 10 - Kirchoff's Voltage/Current Laws, Wheatstone Bridges, Thevenin's Theorem, Norton's Theorem
- 11 - Specialty Devices, Dependent Sources, Superposition and Troubleshooting
- 12 - LEDs, Diodes and Operational Amplifiers
- 13 - RC Circuits
- 14 - PN Junctions
- 15 - Digital Logic
2019 Homework Generator
2019 Circuit/Bread Board Resistors
Event Supervisors! Please review the Event Logistics Manual - Updated for 2021 with new information concerning COVID-19 precautions and Satellite and mini SO tournament formats for tips!