All you need to be an inventor is a

good imagination and a pile of junk.

-Thomas Edison
 How does a bird stand on a power
line and not get shocked?

 How does lightning work?

 1. The bird is only touching one wire.
If the bird was to touch two wires at
the same time or another object and
the wire at the same time, the
electricity would then flow through
the bird. Birds have been doing this
forever, so they are pretty smart
around electricity.
 2. Lightning can come in a few different
forms such as cloud to cloud or cloud to
ground. Either type exploits weaknesses
in the air and occurs when charges in
the clouds or ground align in such a way
that the attraction between opposite
charges creates a spark. The extra
charge is then discharged into the
ground or air depending on which type
of lightning occurs. Lighting is a way for
clouds to release built up charge in a
sense.
 Physical phenomenon arising from the
existence and interactions of electric charge
Georg Simon Ohm (1787-1854)
How you
should be
thinking about
electric
circuits:
Current: the actual
“substance” that is
flowing through the
wires of the circuit
(electrons!)
Andre Marie Ampere, a
French mathematician who
devoted himself to the study
of electricity and magnetism,
was the first to explain the
electro-dynamic theory. A
permanent memorial to Ampere
is the use of his name for the
unit of electric current.
How you
should be
thinking about
electric
circuits:
Resistance: friction that
impedes flow of current
through the circuit
(rocks in the river)
How you
should be
thinking about
Voltage:
electric a force that
pushes the current
circuits:
through the circuit (in
this picture it would be
equivalent to gravity)
 Power
The rate at which energy is converted or work is performed

P = I²R
P=
V²/R
A wat results when 1 joule of energy is converted or used in 1 second
Resistors
 R1 R2
 1st layer: Brown • 1st layer: Blue
 2nd layer: Black
• 2nd layer: Gray
 3rd layer (Multiplier): Red
 4th layer (Tolerance): • 3rd layer (Multiplier):
gold Orange
 Solution: •• 4 th
layer (Tolerance):
Solution:
• Silver
 Brown = 1
Blue = 6
 Black = 0
 Red = 10² • Gray = 8
 Gold = ± 5% • Orange= 10ᶟ
• Silver= ± 10%

R = 10 X 10² ± 5% = 1000 Ω ± 5% R = 68 x 10ᶟ ± 10% = 68000 Ω ± 5%