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Science - Physics

Physical Science
Light: Lenses & Mirrors/Describe/Dra
The learner will be able to describe, draw, and solve problems involving the optics of lenses and mirrors.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 4.0 Home
  
Atoms: Recognize/Structures/Make Up
The learner will be able to recognize the structures that make up an atom.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Atoms: Subatomic/Explain
The learner will be able to explain the characteristics of subatomic particles.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Atoms: Location/Parts
The learner will be able to indicate the location of the parts of the atom.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Atoms: Structure/Explore
The learner will be able to explore atomic structure.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 6.1 Home
  
Atoms: Explore/Characteristics
The learner will be able to explore the characteristics of atoms.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 6.1 Home
  
Motion: Mechanics/Explore/Properties
The learner will be able to explore the properties and laws of mechanics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Investigate/Velocity
The learner will be able to investigate velocity and acceleration.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Investigate/Rectilinear
The learner will be able to investigate the properties of rectilinear motion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Explore/Kinematics
The learner will be able to explore the concepts of kinematics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 1.4 Home
  
Motion: Dynamics/Explore
The learner will be able to explore the concepts of dynamics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 1.4 Home
  
Motion: Assess/Dynamics/Systems
The learner will be able to assess the dynamics of systems in motion, including the following: gravity, friction, impulse, momentum, change in momentum, and conservation of momentum.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Light: Photoelectric Effect/Identify
The learner will be able to identify how the photoelectric effect can be explained by the quantum theory.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 6.0 Home
  
Light: Photoelectric Effect/Find
The learner will be able to find solutions to problems that involve the photoelectric effect.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 6.0 Home
  
Light: Color/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate color.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 4.5 Home
  
Light: Differentiate/Coherent/Incoherent
The learner will be able to differentiate between coherent light and incoherent light.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Light: Color/Investigate/Formed
The learner will be able to investigate how color is formed.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 4.0 Home
  
Light: Optical Phenomena/Explore
The learner will be able to explore optical phenomena.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 4.0 Home
  
Heat: Understand
The learner will be able to develop an understanding of heat.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 2.1 Home
  
Sound: Doppler/Describe
The learner will be able to describe the Doppler effect.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Sound: Doppler
The learner will be able to show the Doppler effect.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Electricity: Find/Solutions/Problems
The learner will be able to find solutions to problems involving voltage, amperage, and resistance.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Electricity: Investigate/Currents/Charge
The learner will be able to investigate electric currents and the flow of electrical charge.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 5.2 Home
  
Electricity: Examine/Schematic/Diagrams
The learner will be able to examine schematic diagrams.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 5.5 Home
  
Electricity: Plan/Investigation/Current
The learner will be able to plan an investigation that illustrates an electric current and the flow of electric charges.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 5.0 Home
  
Magnetism: Comprehend/Poles/Fields
The learner will be able to comprehend magnetic poles and magnetic fields.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 5.6 Home
  
Energy: Potential/Spring Constant
The learner will be able to compute spring constant.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 3.0 Home
  
Nuclear Reactions: Equations/Write/Decay
The learner will be able to write out equations for the three different types of radioactive decay.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Nuclear Reactions: Equations/Balance
The learner will be able to balance equations for the three different types of radioactive decay.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Nuclear Reactions: Fusion/Fission
The learner will be able to distinguish between fission and fusion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Nuclear Reactions: Fusion/Fission/Find
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences between nuclear fission and fusion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 6.4 Home
  
Momentum: Force/Find/Solutions
The learner will be able to find solutions to composition and resolution problems involving force and momentum.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Physics: Nuclear/Explore/Laws/Properties
The learner will be able to explore the laws and properties of nuclear physics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 6.0 Home
  
Radioactivity: Explain/Three/Types
The learner will be able to explain three types of radioactivity.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 6.0 Home
  
Radioactivity: Describe/Changes/Number
The learner will be able to describe the changes in atomic or mass number for each type of radioactivity.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Radioactivity: Half-Life/Solve
The learner will be able to solve problems involving half-life.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Electromagnetic Spectrum: Explain
The learner will be able to explain the properties of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 4.1 Home
  
Electromagnetic Spectrum: Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the characteristics of electromagnetic radiation.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 4.0 Home
  
Radioactive Isotopes: Describe/Dating
The learner will be able to describe methods of radioactive dating involving carbon 14 or uranium.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Problem Solving: Use/Vector Analysis
The learner will be able to use vector analysis and trigonometry to calculate problems involving force and momentum.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Problem Solving/Use/Basic/Calculus
The learner will be able to use basic calculus to solve motion problems.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 1.0 Home
  
Terminology: Explore/Definitions/Terms
The learner will be able to explore the definitions of the following terms: force, power, work, potential energy, and kinetic energy.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Electricity: Circuits/Describe/Parallel
The learner will be able to describe a parallel circuit.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Electricity: Circuits/Ohm's Law/Apply
The learner will be able to apply Ohm's law to solve resistance problems.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Electricity: Circuits/Ohm's Law/Explore
The learner will be able to explore Ohm's law.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 5.3 Home
  
Electricity: Properties/Analyze
The learner will be able to analyze the properties of electric fields, electric charges, and electric forces.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 5.1 Home
  
Heat: Properties/Investigate/Thermal
The learner will be able to investigate thermal contraction and expansion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 2.0 Home
  
Light: Properties/Study/Optics
The learner will be able to study the characteristics of light and optics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 4.0 Home
  
Light: Properties/Explore/Waves/Interact
The learner will be able to explore how light waves interact.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 4.2 Home
  
Light: Properties/Analyze/Waves
The learner will be able to analyze the characteristics of light waves.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 4.0 Home
  
Light: Properties/Distinguish/Waves
The learner will be able to distinguish between reflection, refraction, diffraction, transmission, and interference of light waves.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 4.0 Home
  
States of Matter: Explore/Energy/Changes
The learner will be able to explore potential energy changes involving heat of fusion, heat of vaporization, and heat of sublimation.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 2.0 Home
  
Motion: Circular/Explain/Equilibrium
The learner will be able to explain rotational equilibrium.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Centripetal/Explore/Properties
The learner will be able to explore the properties of centripetal motion and centripetal acceleration.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Circular/Associate/Torque
The learner will be able to associate torque with rotational equilibrium.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Projectile/Explore
The learner will be able to explore projectile motion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Sound: Properties/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate the properties of sound.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 3.0, 3.5 Home
  
Sound: Speed/Perform/Experiments
The learner will be able to perform experiments to determine the speed of sound, utilizing different temperatures and materials.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 3.0 Home
  
Mass: Weight/Differentiate/SI Units
The learner will be able to differentiate between mass and weight using basic SI units.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Electricity and Magnetism: Explore
The learner will be able to explore the concepts of electricity and magnetism.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 5.0 Home
  
Refraction: Solve/Problems/Snell's
The learner will be able to solve problems involving Snell's law.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 4.0 Home
  
Quantitative Relationships: Explore/Mass
The learner will be able to explore the basic physical quantities of mass and time.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 1.1 Home
  
Vectors: Scalar/Similarities/Differences
The learner will be able to find similarities and differences between the distinctive properties of scalar and vector quantities.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Vectors: Examine/Diagrams
The learner will be able to examine vector diagrams.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Collisions: Elastic/Inelastic/Perform
The learner will be able to perform experiments involving elastic and inelastic collisions.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 1.0 Home
  
Electric Force: Charged Particles
The learner will be able to examine a provided group of charged particles for repulsion and attraction.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 5.0 Home
  
Electric Force: Charged Particles
The learner will be able to differentiate between charged particles associated with repulsion and charged particles associated with attraction.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 5.0 Home
  
Motion: Newton's Laws
The learner will be able to use Newton's laws of motion.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 1.2 Home
  
Motion: Laws/Associate/Inertia/Forces
The learner will be able to associate Newton's three laws of motion with inertia, force, or action-reaction forces.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Motion: Laws/Examine/Newton's
The learner will be able to examine Newton's dynamic laws of motion.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 1.2 Home
  
Motion: Laws/Differentiate/Scenario
The learner will be able to differentiate among the three laws of motion when provided with a scenario.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 1.0 Home
  
Atoms: Nucleus/Investigate/Dynamics
The learner will be able to investigate the dynamics of the nucleus, including the following topics: nuclear decay, radioactivity, radiocarbon and uranium dating, and half-life.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 6.3 Home
  
Waves: Recognize/Reflection/Refraction
The learner will be able to recognize wave reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Mechanics/Comprehend
The learner will be able to comprehend wave mechanics.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 3.3 Home
  
Waves: Describe/Particles/Behave
The learner will be able to describe how particles behave in the same manner as waves.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 6.0 Home
  
Waves: Harmonic Motion/Explain/Simple
The learner will be able to explain simple harmonic motion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Conduct/Experiments/Reflection
The learner will be able to conduct experiments involving reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference of waves, including sound.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Harmonic Motion/Investigate
The learner will be able to investigate conditions that are associated with simple harmonic motion.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 3.1 Home
  
Waves: Hooke's Law/Explore
The learner will be able to explore Hooke's law.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 3.2, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Doppler Effect/Study
The learner will be able to study the Doppler effect.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 3.4 Home
  
Waves: Harmonic Motion/Explore/Simple
The learner will be able to explore simple harmonic motion.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 1, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Make Comparisons/Mechanical
The learner will be able to make comparisons between electromagnetic and mechanical waves.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Explore/Reflection/Refraction
The learner will be able to explore wave reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Compare/Auditory/Phenomena
The learner will be able to compare natural auditory phenomena to wave properties.
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TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 3.0 Home
  
Waves: Study/Properties
The learner will be able to study wave properties.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 3.0 Home
  
Thermodynamics: Relate/Carnot/Engine
The learner will be able to relate the second law of thermodynamics to the Carnot engine.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 3, Std 2.0 Home
  
Thermodynamics: Study/Laws/Properties
The learner will be able to study the laws and properties of thermodynamics.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Std 2.0 Home
  
Light: Mirrors/Examine/Optics
The learner will be able to examine the optics of mirrors.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 4.3 Home
  
Light: Lenses/Investigate/Optics
The learner will be able to investigate the optics of lenses.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, 4.4 Home
  
Light: Mirrors/Explore/Curved/Plane
The learner will be able to explore the optical properties of curved mirrors and plane mirrors.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 4.0 Home
  
Electric Fields: Explain/Surrounds
The learner will be able to explain the electric field that surrounds a single charged particle or a group of charged particles.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Electric Fields: Illustrate/Particles
The learner will be able to illustrate an electric field when provided with a scenario involving charged particles.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Graphs: Motion/Examine/Distance/Velocity
The learner will be able to examine both distance-time graphs and velocity-time graphs.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 1.0 Home
  
Parallel & Series: Recognize/Compone
The learner will be able to recognize the component parts of parallel and series circuits.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Electricity: Series/Describe/Circuits
The learner will be able to describe series circuits.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home
  
Series& Parallel: Show/Circuits/Func
The learner will be able to show how series and parallel circuits function.
Source Activities
TN: Curriculum Standards, 2001, Physics, Indicators, Level 2, Std 5.0 Home