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Tuesday 9/6 (week 1)
Daily Objective: Introduction to course, classroom & Instructor (1.A.02.03, 1.A.03.06, 08 &
2.A.01)
Homework: none
New terms:
none
Check-in assessment none
Literacy Component:
Be able to read & interpret webpage, outlines & policy documents
Agenda for the day:
1. Big picture
1.1. Right class?
1.1.1. Engineering electronics as opposed to tech electronics
1.1.2. How does electronics fit into the world?
1.1.2.1. Anything that runs on electronics needs and EE to design or understand it
1.1.2.1.1. Typical job: Raytheon (as a EE chances good you will work there)
1.1.2.1.2. Hundreds of EEs in many buildings, working w scientists, techs,
admin
1.1.2.1.3. Each person grouped by project they work on
1.1.3. Post secondary explanation
1.2. Right teacher?
1.2.1. Qualifications of teacher
2. Activity take entrance exam
3. class discussion
4. Debrief
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Wednesday 9/7
Daily Objective: Introduction to course, classroom & Instructor
Homework: none
New terms:
none
Check-in assessment none
Literacy Component:
Be able to read & interpret webpage, outlines & policy
Agenda for the day:
1. Requirements & Expectations
1.1. spiral bound notebook may be used during exams
1.2. Calculator (engineering notation, basic math, trig)
1.3. Pencil
2. Check-in assessment books
2.1. Date, and use as little space as possible
2.2. Notebooks will be checked periodically
3. Room layout
3.1. Safety: exits, fire extinguisher, power shut of
3.2. Paper
4. Class rules
5. Activity take entrance exam
6. class discussion
7. Debrief

(1.A.02.03, 1.A.03.06, 08 & 2.A.01)

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Thursday 9/8
Daily Objective: Introduction to course, classroom & Instructor (1.A.02.03, 1.A.03.06, 08 &
2.A.01)
Homework: Find the grading policy subpage on our classroom web site and come back
tomorrow with how much exams are weighted in this class.
New terms:
Nosiglia.weebly.com
Check-in assessment
1. which comes first, undergraduate or graduate school?
Literacy Component:
Be able to accurately read and interpret webpage, outlines and policy documents
Agenda for the day:
1. class web page
1.1. syllabus
1.2. course goal
1.3. rules
1.4. grading
1.5. philosophy
2. Activity take entrance exam
3. class discussion
4. Debrief
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Friday 9/9
Daily Objective: Be able to identify & diferentiate current & voltage (2.c.01.01 - .03 - Physics)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. What is the URL for our class webpage?
New terms:
Voltage (V) = the pressure developed by a source of electrical energy such as battery,
which builds up at some blockage
Current (I) = the movement of electrons
Literacy Component:
Be able to use analogies to support a technical explanation
Agenda for the day:
1. Voltage source EMF
1.1. Sources of Voltage pressure
1.1.1. Chemical reactions (Batteries)
1.1.2. Mechanical action (generators)
1.1.3. Molecular action (PV)
2. Electrical source
2.1. Electrons build up on negative side and wait
2.2. When a conductor is connected between + and sides electrons flow
3. Voltage
3.1. Pressure that builds up when current hits a resistance
3.1.1. No current no pressure (V=IR)
3.2. Voltage sources have their own pressure built-in by mechanical, molecular or
chemical action and dont need current
4. Activity discuss how water acts under pressure and with various pressure sources
5. Debrief
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Monday 9/12 (week 2)
Daily Objective: be able to diferentiate between DC and AC read color codes of resistors
(2.B.04.01- .02)

Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. What is the symbol for electronic current?
2. What is the symbol for electronic voltage?
3. Current flows from positive to negative T or F
New terms:
Polarity = where the positive and negative poles are located
DC = Doesnt Change the positive and negative dont change places
AC = Always Changing the positive and negative change places all the time
Literacy Component:
Be able to record notes (3 column notes)
Agenda for the day:
1. DC
1.1. Usually created by chemical or molecular
1.2. Constantly in one direction
1.3. If the current is constant than the voltage is constant
2. Activity none
3. Debrief

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Tuesday 9/13
Daily Objective: Be able analyze how resistance impacts voltage and current

(2.C.01.01

2.C.01.03, 2.C.01.05 - physics)

Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. DC voltage changes polarity all the time T or F
2. AC voltage changes polarity all the time T or F
3. DC means direct current, but can be thought of as always changes T or F
4. Current flows from positive to negative T or F
New terms:
Resistance = material that slows down the flow of current
Voltage drop = the diference in voltage from one side of a resistor to the other
Ohms Law, V=IR
Literacy Component:
Be able to read visuals depicting tech process & property
Agenda for the day:
1. Ohms Law
2. Voltage is measured from one pressure diference from point compared to another
(voltage across a resistor)
2.1. Voltage is like the water pressure building up on one side of a rock it runs into
2.2. Voltage is the diference in electron build up at one spot compared to another spot
3. current is measured by getting in the circuit (the current through a resistor)
3.1. Current is like a stream of water that is going through a pipe and runs into a clog
that slows it down
3.2. Current has to be the same everywhere in that pipe
3.3. how could water in the back go faster, when the water in front is going slower?
4. The bigger the resistor the bigger the voltage diference measured with respect to + to
- side
5. Activity
5.1. Demonstrate how voltage drops across a resistor
5.2. Notice which side has a higher voltage (plus side)
6. Debrief
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Wednesday 9/14
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze voltage & current in a single loop circuit (2.I.01.01,
2.I.01.02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. With current being the same, big resistors have larger voltage than smaller resistors T or
F
2. When there is no current flowing through a resistor, the voltage across that resistor is
________
New terms:
KVL = all voltages in a closed loop add up to zero
Literacy Component:
Be able to read and correctly interpret an electronic schematic
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyzing voltages in a circuit
2. Calculate with Ohm, check with Kirchof
2.1. First calculate
2.1.1. Calculate total current from total voltage divided by total resistance (Ohms Law)
2.1.2. Use total current to calculate voltage drop across each resistor
2.1.3. Check with KVL
2.2. Measure to confirm
2.2.1. Measure voltages (they should be close to your calculated values)
2.3. Was measurement close enough to calculation? Why not exact?
3. Activity
3.1. Read a schematic for simple resistor circuit
3.1.1. Calculate voltage and current
3.1.2. Build the circuit using a breadboard
3.1.3. Measure voltage and current
4. Debrief
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Thursday 9/15
Daily Objective: be able to use voltage divider
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. KVL-all voltages in a closed loop add up to zeroT or F
2. More current goes through a larger resistor than a smaller resistor - T or F
Literacy Component:
Be able to read & correctly interpret electronic schematics
New terms:
Voltage divider = a rule that calculates how voltage is shared (divided) over
components in a circuit
Voltage divider rule = the resistor you want over the sum of all resistors in that path,
times the voltage across that path (R want/ R total ) (voltage across all resistors)
Agenda for the day:
1. Voltage divider
1.1. How to calculate voltage proportions without calculating current
1.2. Big resistors have more voltage than small resistors
1.3. Resistor values directly proportional to voltages
1.4. Ratio of resistor compared to total in that path gives voltage ratio
1.5.
(Vin)R1/(R1+R2) = VR1
1.5.1. Resistor ratio is unit less
(2.C.01.01 -.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)

1.5.2. To get volts you need voltage unit

2. Voltage divider examples
3. Activity
continue analyzing circuits
simplify to get current total
one-on-one with each student to teach the teacher
4. Debrief
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Friday 9/16
Daily Objective: Review
Homework: study for exam
Check-in assessment
1. none
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to accurately read and interpret webpage, outlines and policy documents
Agenda for the day:
1. Diference between AC & DC
2. Voltage and current
3. Resistor
4. Calculating I, V and R in a single loop circuit
4.1. Voltage drop
4.1.1. Voltage divider
4.2. Ohms Law
4.3. KVL
5. Debrief
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Monday 9/19 (week 3)

Exam on DC, AC, Voltage, Current, Resistor colors, calculating voltage drops
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Tuesday 9/20
Daily Objective: Be able to combine resistors in series & breadboard (2.C.01.01 -.03,
2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. KVL states that all voltage drops in a loop must add up to the input voltage T or F
New terms:
Resistors in series combine = R1+ R2+R3.
Equivalent resistor = a resistor value that is equal to the combined resistors
Breadboard = a board that allows components to be electrically connected by
pushing them into specific holes.
Literacy Component:
Be able to accurately read and interpret webpage, outlines and policy documents
Agenda for the day:
1. Discuss the rule
1.1. Perform simplification on various example circuits
2. Activity build a series circuit and confirm with a DMM that the resistors combine into one
equivalent resistor
3. Debrief
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Wednesday 9/21 THE most important day of the year
Daily Objective: be able to analyze series resistive circuits by combining resistors

(2.C.01.01 -.03,

2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)

Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. With current staying the same, if a resistor doubles in size its voltage will double in size T or F
2. If I cant find a 1k resistor, I can make one by putting two 500 resistors in series - T or
F
3. Two equal resistors in series across a 10 volt battery, the voltage across each resistor is
_________
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to read and correctly interpret electronic schematics
Agenda for the day:
1. To analyze a circuit you need all currents and voltages
1.1. V=IR
1.1.1. Combine for total resistance
1.1.2. Calculate total current
1.2.
Use current to calculate separate voltages or use voltage divider, or algebraic
method
1.3. Confirm with measurements
2. Activity
lab sheet
Debrief
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Thursday 9/22
Daily Objective: EXAM & Using a multi-meter
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. KVL states that all voltage drops in a loop must add up to the input voltage T or F
New terms:
DMM = digital multi-meter, measures multiple characteristics with a digital display
Probes = pointed leads that take measurements
Literacy Component:
Be able to accurately read and interpret webpage, outlines and policy documents
Agenda for the day:
1. DMM
2. Probe placement
3. Activity use DMM on
3.1. Loose resistors to check resistance
3.2. Resistors in a circuit to measure voltage drop
3.2.1. Notice negative sign
4. Debrief
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Friday 9/23
Daily Objective: Using a multi-meter (2.H.01.02)

Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. How do you combine resistors in series?
2. How do you combine resistors in parallel
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to accurately read and interpret webpage, outlines and policy documents
Agenda for the day:
1. DMM
2. Probe placement
3. Activity use DMM on
3.1. Loose resistors to check resistance
3.2. Resistors in a circuit to measure voltage drop
3.2.1. Notice negative sign
4. Debrief
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Monday 9/26 (week 4)
Daily Objective: Be able to combine resistors in parallel & breadboard a circuit (2.C.01.01
-.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Red, Red, Orange resistor has what value ______
2. 20 and 20 resistors in series combine to ______
3. 10V input, with a 60 and 40 in series, what is the voltage drop across the 60 _____
4. 20 and 20 resistors in parallel combine to ______
5. More current goes through a: smaller or bigger resistor
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to use analogies to support a technical explanation
Agenda for the day:
1. Review combining resistors
2. Do DC lab 2
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Tuesday 9/27
Daily Objective: be able to analyze parallel resistive circuits using Ohm and KVL

(2.C.01.01 -.03, 2.C.01.05,

2.I.01.01 - .02)

Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. combine 30 and 20 resistors in parallel
New terms:
Node = a split in a path
Node check = resistors are in parallel if they share common nodes
KCL = Kirchofs current law all currents going into a node must add up to zero
Literacy Component:
Be able to read and correctly interpret electronic schematics
Agenda for the day:
1. Review circuit analysis
1.1. To analyze a circuit you need all currents and voltages
1.1.1. V=IR
1.1.1.1. Combine for total resistance
1.1.1.2. Calculate total current
1.1.2. Use current to calculate separate voltages or use voltage divider, or algebraic
method
1.2. Confirm with measurements
2. Activity analyze circuit and build to prove voltage
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Wednesday 9/28
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze Voltage, Current and Resistance in series parallel
circuits (2.C.01.01 -.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: worksheet
Check-in assessment
1. More current goes through a larger resistance.
New terms:
Current divider rule = the resistance of the path you dont want over the sum of both
path resistances, times the current being split
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret written technical instructions
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
1.1. Analyze given circuit problem

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Thursday 9/29
Daily Objective: be able to analyze parallel circuits using Ohm and KVL (2.C.01.01 -.03,
2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02 - physics)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Explain why bigger resistors can have more voltage drop across them than smaller
resistors.
New terms:
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/

http://www.edutopia.org/multiple-intelligences-assessment
Literacy Component:
Be able to read and correctly interpret an electronic schematic
Agenda for the day:
1. Parallel resistors
1.1.1. Confirm in parallel w node check
1.1.2. Parallel resistor rule 1/R = 1/R+1/R
1.1.3. 2 resistors in parallel shortcut
2. always combine to less than either resistor,
3. when equal resistors combine as half one resistor
3.1.1.
3.2. Branches in parallel have equal voltages
3.2.1. All components in a branch must add up to the voltage of all the components in
the parallel branch
3.2.2. KVL proof
3.3. Current in a branch remains the same until it hits a node
3.3.1. The current coming out of a power supply (input current), splits at nodes, but
must come back together and equal the input current when it returns to the power
supply
3.3.2. Proof: how can one side of the power supply have more current than the other?
where does the diference go?

4. Activity
4.1. Read a schematic for parallel resistor circuit
4.1.1. Calculate voltage and current
4.1.2. Build the circuit using a breadboard
4.1.3. Measure voltage and current
5. Debrief
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Friday 9/30
Daily Objective: EXAM - be able to analyze series resistive circuits using Ohm and KVL
(2.C.01.01 -.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. none
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to read and correctly interpret electronic schematics
Agenda for the day:
1. Activity
Take exam
Debrief
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Monday 10/3 (week 5)
Daily Objective: Be able to (2.B.01, 2.C.04.04, 2.D.01, Math: F-TF.2, F-TF.5, F.TF.7, Physics:5)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
2. Which
New terms:
D=m
Literacy Component:
Be able to use analogies to support a technical explanation
Agenda for the day:
3. What
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Tuesday 10/4
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze Voltage, Current and Resistance in parallel circuits
(2.C.01.01 -.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Current splits at a node - T or F
2. Parallel branches must start at a common node and end at a common node T or F
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to read and correctly interpret electronic schematics, read instruments and compare
results with calculated values
Agenda for the day:
2. Series Parallel resistors
2.1. Combine resistors in series first, then combine resistors in parallel
3. A branch with resisters in series and we want to know voltage across a selected resistor
3.1. Do I know current through that branch?
3.2. Dont use V=IR, because we dont know current through that selected resistor or
voltage across selected resistor
3.3. Do I know voltage across that branch?
3.3.1. If not check the voltage of the loop next to it, and keep going back until you get
to the input voltage
3.4.
4. Activity
4.1. Analyze given circuit problem
5. Debrief
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Wednesday 10/5
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze & measure values in parallel circuits (2.C.01.01 -.03,
2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Two 10 resistors in parallel combine into ______________.
2. A 42 and a 21 resistor in parallel combine into ________________
3. Three 60 resistors in parallel combine into ______________.
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret written technical instructions
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
5.1. Analyze given circuit problem
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Thursday 10/6 (half day)
Daily Objective: Exam - parallel circuits (2.C.01.01 -.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Two 20 resistors in parallel combine into ______________.
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret written technical instructions
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
5.2. Analyze given circuit problem
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Friday 10/7
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze & measure values in series parallel circuits (2.C.01.01
-.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. If you know the current through a resistor and the voltage across that resistor, how do you
calculate the value of that resistor? Give a formula that you would use ______________.
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret written technical instructions
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
2.1. Complete labs 1, 2, and 3
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Tuesday 10/11 (week 6)

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Wednesday 10/12
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze & measure values in series parallel circuits (2.C.01.01
-.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. The value of a resistor is 1.2K and the voltage drop across that resistor 3.5V - calculate
the current through that resistor ______________.
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret written technical instructions
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
2.1. Complete labs 1, 2, and 3
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Thursday 10/13
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze & measure values in series parallel circuits (2.C.01.01
-.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Two 1.2K resistors in series have a current of 20 mA going through them. I change only
these resistors by replacing them with one 2.4K. What is the current going through this
resistor? ______________.
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret written technical instructions
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
2.1. Complete labs 1, 2, and 3
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Friday 10/14
Daily Objective: Be able to analyze & measure values in series parallel circuits (2.C.01.01
-.03, 2.C.01.05, 2.I.01.01 - .02)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. What is the voltage drop across the 10 resistor: ___________
2. What is the current going through 40 resistor: ___________
3. What is the voltage drop across the 20 resistor: ___________
4. What is the voltage on the top side of the 20 resistor: ___________
5. What is the voltage on the top side of the 40 resistor: ___________

New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret electronic schematics
Agenda for the day:
1. Analyze series parallel circuits
2. Activity
2.1. Complete labs 1, 2, and 3
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Monday 10/17 (week 7)
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Tuesday 10/18
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Wednesday 10/19
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Thursday 10/20
Daily Objective: Be able to identify an AC wave (2.P.02, 2.O.06)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Every time a wave repeats, it is called a new cycle T or F
2. If an oscillation has a period of 5 seconds, what is freq.?
3. If an oscillation has a frequency of 1,000 cycles per second, what is its period?
New terms:
Sinusoidal (sine) wave = mathematical curve that describes the rotation of a vector
Amplitude = the total height of a wave

 Peak = height of a periodic signal - high point to midpoint

Peak-to-peak = the amplitude of a periodic signal, high point to lowest point
Cycle = the part of a wave that repeats
Period (T)= the time it takes for a cycle to repeat
Frequency (1/T) = number of complete cycles in a second
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret and explain a graph
Agenda for the day:
1. Introduce an oscillation
1.1. Oscillation over time shows what it is doing (how fast it changes)
1.1.1. When a pendulum swings, but does it move the same speed throughout its
swing?
1.1.2. A sine wave shows where it moves the fastest or slowest or where it doesnt
move at all (stops)
2. Half way into video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLNugJwBRow
3. http://zonalandeducation.com/mstm/physics/waves/partsOfAWave/waveParts.htm#Picture
_of_a_Wave
4. Activity
4.1. Calculations of given breadboard circuit
5. Debrief
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Friday 10/21
Daily Objective: Be able to identify characteristics of a sine wave (2.P.02, 2.O.06 physics)
Check-in assessment
1. A cycle is from a starting point of a wave to where it begins to repeat T or F
2. Period is the time it takes a wave to complete 1 cycle T or F
3. Frequency is in cycles per second T or F
Homework: none
New terms:
none
Be able to interpret and explain a graph
Agenda for the day:
1. What is a wave?
1.1. Something repeats (goes back and forth) can look like a wave as time goes by it
2. Wave repeats every unit of time
2.1. Frequency
2.2. Amplitude
2.3. Period
2.4. Time and amplitude govern the waves shape
3. Activity
Calculate the amplitude and frequency of a signal on the oscilloscope.
4. Debrief
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Monday 10/24 (week 8)
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Tuesday 10/25
Daily Objective: Be able to operate an oscilloscope (2.O.04, 2.K.03, 2.I.02)
Homework: find a digital clock in your house. Shut the lights of so the display is the only
light you see. Move your head from side to side looking at the numbers displayed on the
clockwhat happens
Check-in assessment
1. A waves period is the time a wave travels 1 full cycleTor F
2. An oscilloscope set for 1 sec/div, shows a complete cycle fits into one division, what is the
period of this wave?
New terms:
Oscilloscope = device that shows an oscillating signal-wave
Graticule = grid of intersecting lines (called a division)
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret and explain a graph
Agenda for the day:

1. The main controls are the voltage and time knobs

1.1. Volts/ div expand or contract the signal in the vertical axis
1.2. Time/ div expand or contract the signal in the vertical axis
2. When a sine wave voltage is applied to a resistor, the resulting current is also a sine wave
in phase and linearly proportional
2.1. In-phase means the wave form goes through their maximum and minimum points at
the same time and in the same direction
2.2. Demo proper soldering
3. Activity
3.1.1. AC lab
4. Debrief
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Wednesday 10/26
Daily Objective: Be able to identify characteristics of an AC signal (2.D.01.01-.02,
2.D.02.01-.02, lab:2.I.01.05 -.07, math F-TF.2,F-TF.5, F.TF.7 Physics: 4.1)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
Draw what the voltage signal looks like across the first resistor of a circuit with:
1. only 2 equal resistors in series and 5V p-p 60 Hz input
2. only 2 equal resistors in parallel and 5V p-p 60 Hz input
New terms:
none
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret and explain a graphed sine wave
Agenda for the day:
1. review midterm exam
2. milli, micro, nano, pico
3. Activity continue lab
4. Debrief

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Thursday 10/27
Daily Objective: Be able to identify characteristics of an AC signal (2.D.01.01-.02,
2.D.02.01-.02, lab:2.I.01.05 -.07, math F-TF.2,F-TF.5, F.TF.7 Physics: 4.1)
Homework: study for your midterm exam
Check-in assessment
1. When an AC wave is applied across a resistor, the resistors voltage: a.) follows the wave
(in phase)
b.) is ahead of the wave (out of phase)
c.) the resistor is behind the wave (out of phase)
New terms:
In phase = when a sine wave starts at the same time as another wave and has the
same frequency
Literacy Component:
Be able to interpret and explain a graphed sine wave
Agenda for the day:
1. Review AC resistor circuits
2. Activity finish labs
3. Debrief
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Friday 10/28
Be able to identify a capacitor (2.B.01, 2.C.04.04, 2.D.01, Math: F-TF.2, F-TF.5, F.TF.7,
Physics:5)
Milli, micro, nano, pico
Engineering notation
Daily Objective: Be able to identify a capacitor (2.B.01, 2.C.04.04, 2.D.01, Math: F-TF.2, FTF.5, F.TF.7, Physics:5)
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Which sine wave has a longer period, 30Hz or 30kHz?
2. What part of a sine wave has the largest change?
New terms:
Dielectric = materials that resist the flow of electricity
Farads = a unit of measure of capacitance, named after Michael Faraday
Literacy Component:
Be able to use analogies to support a technical explanation
Agenda for the day:
1. What is a capacitor and why would they invent such a thing
1.1. Capacitors take time to charge up their voltage
1.1.1. This can be useful if you dont want voltage to build up quickly or release quickly
1.2. Oreo cookie (plates with dielectric material between them)
1.3. Area of plates dictate capacitance
1.3.1. Square area of capacitor allows more charge to be collected
1.4. Distance between plates
1.4.1. Inverse square law (Coulombs Law)
1.4.2. Only charges closest to the opposite plate cause voltage build up, so charges
stacked on other charges are further away from opposite plates and add negligible
electro-static voltage

2. Physical identification
2.1. Axial leads vs. radial leads
3. Markings and ratings
3.1. Electrolytic & disk
3.1.1. Electrolytic are shaped like cans and are usually polarized
3.1.2. Disk are shaped like disks and are not polarized
3.1.3. Look at size of capacitor to help decipher the value
3.1.3.1.1. Large capacitor cannot be a F, a medium size capacitor cannot be a
pF
3.2.
Note: electrolytic cannot be reverse biased or they will break down the dielectric in a
violent fashion
4. Accidental capacitors
4.1. Wires close together (twisted pair cancels this)
4.2. Transformers have a large capacitive value
5. Activity examine diferent capacitors types and values
6. Debrief
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Monday 10/31 (Week 9)
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Tuesday 11/1
Daily Objective: Be able to combine capacitors to simplify circuits
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Wednesday 11/2
Simplifying series capacitive circuits
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Thursday 11/3
Simplifying parallel capacitive circuits
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Friday 11/4
Simplifying parallel/series capacitive circuits
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Monday 11/7 (week 10)

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Wednesday 11/9
Simplifying parallel/series capacitive circuits
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Thursday 11/10
Midterm exam
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Monday 11/14 (week 11)
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Tuesday 11/15

Daily Objective: Be able to calculate how a capacitor reacts to changing frequencies

(2.D.01)
This reactance is totally diferent than how a resistor acts. Resistors dont react, they just do
the same thing at all frequencies.
Xc= is 2fC
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Wednesday 11/16
Capacitive reactance
Homework: none
Check-in assessment
1. Xc= is 2fC
T or F
2. Capacitors act like big resistors at low frequency T or F
3. Capacitors act like big resistors at high frequency T or F
New terms:
Parallel capacitors = just add their capacitive values
Series capacitors = use parallel resistor rule
Literacy Component:
Be able to use analogies to support a technical explanation
Agenda for the day:
1. Capacitors
2. DC analysis
2.1. DC current flow
2.2. Caps in parallel
2.2.1. Think of caps in parallel as being one big cap
2.3. Caps in series
2.3.1. add like resistors in parallel
2.3.1.1. 1 over the sum of reciprocals
3. Activity put caps in resistor circuits and see what they act like
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Thursday 11/17
Capacitive reactance
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Friday 11/18
Capacitive reactance
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Monday 11/21 (week 12)
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Tuesday 11/22
Capacitive reactance
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Monday 11/28 (week 13)
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Tuesday 11/29
Capacitive reactance
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Wednesday 11/30
Capacitive exam
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Thursday 12/1
RC circuit analysis
phasors
Resistors are real, so we put its value on the X axis (real axis)
Capacitors are diferent because they react, so we put their value on a diferent scale
(imaginary)
When we calculate efect of an RC circuit on an input, the efect will be somewhere between
real and imaginary axes
Complex plane
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Friday 12/2
RC circuit analysis
Phasor addition
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Monday 12/5 (week 14)
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Tuesday 12/6
RC circuit analysis
Phasor addition

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Wednesday 12/7
RC circuit analysis
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Thursday 12/8
RC circuit analysis
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Friday 12/9
RC circuit analysis
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Monday 12/12 (week 15)
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Tuesday 12/13
RC circuit analysis exam
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Wednesday 12/14
Soldering
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Thursday 12/15
Soldering

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Friday 12/16
De-soldering
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Monday 12/19 (week 16)
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Tuesday 12/20
Soldering components onto a PCB
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Wednesday 12/21
Soldering components onto a PCB
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Thursday 12/22
Soldering components onto a PCB
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Friday 12/23
Soldering exam
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Tuesday 1/3 (week 17)
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Wednesday 1/4
Inductance
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Thursday 1/5
Inductance
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Friday 1/6
Inductance
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Monday 1/9 (week 18)
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Tuesday 1/10
Inductors
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Wednesday 1/11
Inductors
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Thursday 1/12
Electrical transformers
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Friday 1/13
Application of Electrical transformers
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Tuesday 1/17 (week 19)
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Wednesday 1/18
Inductor exam
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Thursday 1/19
Collect all projects
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Friday 1/20
Review
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Monday 1/23 (week 20)
Review
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Tuesday 1/24
Final Exam
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Wednesday 1/25
Student presentations
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Thursday 1/26
Student presentations

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