David Moss

University of Scranton
Field Experience II
Spring 2017
Day 2 Lesson Plan from Three-Day Unit Plan

Title Ohms Law and Kirchhoffs Current Law

Subject Area Physics
Grade Level 12
Lesson Summary Students will continue their three-
day unit with some cooperative
inquiry-based learning. They will
discover Ohms Law and use it with
the equivalent resistance to
calculate the current leaving a
battery.
Standards 3.2.P.B4
Essential Questions How do you calculate one of the
voltage, current, or resistance given
the other two?

How do you calculate the current at

any point in a circuit?
Objectives Use Ohms Law to calculate one of: voltage,
resistance, or current, given the other two.

Combine Ohms Law and Kirchhoffs Current

Law to calculate the current at any point in a
circuit.
Vocabulary Voltage

Current

Resistance

Ohms Law

Kirchhoffs Current Law

Estimated Time 50 Minutes
Materials Required Resistor to sacrifice, wires and
 power supply to do so. Circuit
simulator on computers.
Worksheets. Lab Activities.
Procedure Blow a resistor to catch interest.

Explain the cause of the blown resistor (too

much voltage) and go over the objectives.

Divide the students into groups of two. Have

each pair recall equivalent resistance by
reviewing Equivalent Resistance Worksheet I
with each other. Any questions that they both
got wrong should be redirected to the
instructor.

Administer Ohms Law Lab Activity.

Have students experiment by changing the

voltage and resistance in a basic circuit
simulator to see how current is affected.
Guide them until they conclude that voltage is
directly proportional to current and resistance
is inversely proportional to current (Ohms
Law).

Model using Ohms Law and the equivalent

resistance to find the current leaving a battery.
Model Kirchhoffs Current Law.

Administer Current Calculation Worksheet.

Work until the bell. Incomplete work is
homework.
Formative Assessment Ohms Law Lab Activity
Summative Assessment Current Calculation Worksheet