Harmanjot Mann

TEJ2O0- B
Mr. Lowe

LAB REPORT
Experiment 1 (Current Flow)

Introduction
Objective: the objective of this lab was to prove Ohms law. The Law states that the
higher the resistance the lower the current that will pass through. The Ohms law was
proven by using different resistors and comparing how bright the LED lights up. When
higher ohm resistors were used the LED barely lights up and when the resistance is
lower the LED is very bright, proving that the ohms law theory is true. We then used the
ohms law formulas to calculate the current in amps that passed through the wire.

Background: the ohms law was created by George Ohms. He was a German physicist
and mathematician. George came up with the ohms law theory in 1827, he found out
that the current in a wire is directly influenced by the resistance and voltage. The
formulas that calculate the current, voltage and resistance are.
V = I x R (Voltage = Current multiplied by Resistance)

R = V / I (Resistance = Voltage divided by Current)

I = V / R (Current = Voltage Divided by Resistance)

Materials

Breadboard
Red and black wire
LED
100 ohms resistor
470 ohm resistor
12000 ohm resistor
1000000 ohm resistor

Experiment Procedure
First I connected the top positive to the bottom positive with a red wire, and the
top negative to the bottom negative with a black wire. This allowed the current to flow

through both sides of the current. Then I got a red wire and put the input in the top
positive and connected it in the circuit, making the all the vertical spaces active. I put the
resistor in the space under the wire because it connects through the vertical. I put the
other end of the resistor in another horizontal row. Now the end that I put in a different
horizontal row is also vertically active. I put the positive side (long leg) of the LED in the
space below the resistor. Now the resistor and LED are connected. The negative
side( short leg) of the LED was placed a few spaces away horizontally. The space that
the negative side was put is also active vertically. To ground the circuit I got a black wire
and put one end in the top negative and the other end in the same vertical column as
the negative side of the LED. I turned on the circuit by connecting it to another circuit
that was plugged in. I connected it by connecting the red wire in my circuits positive row
and the plugged circuits positive row, and connecting my circuits negative row with a
black wire to the other circuits negative row. The LED lit up and I recorded y results,
after that I tried different resistors with different resistance and recorded the results.

Results
* The voltage was 5 volts
Formula used to find the current

I=E/R

Resistor (ohms)
100 ohms
470 ohms

LED
Bright
Less brighter than 100

CURRENT (AMPS)
0.05 amps
0.0106 amps

12000 ohms
1000000 ohms

ohms but still very bright

Dim
Very dim. LED barely lights

0.00041 amps
0.0000005 amps

up

DISCUSSION
According to the results the higher ohms resistor I used the more dim the LED was. Also
according to the Ohms law formula used to find the current of the circuits with different
resistors, the higher resistance I had the lower the current would be. So this clearly
shows that resistance prevent the current from flowing. The stronger the resistance I
had, the lower the current would be. In area where low light is need they use a higher
ohm resistor to make the light from the LED dim, and where they need a bright light a
lower ohm resistor is used so that the LED is bright.