Ohm's Law

Ohm's Law
Circuits

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Ohm's Law
Circuits

Description

See how the equation form of Ohm's law relates to a simple circuit. Adjust the voltage and resistance, and see the current change according to Ohm's law.

Sample Learning Goals

Predict how current will change when resistance of the circuit is fixed and voltage is varied.
Predict how current will change when voltage of the circuit is fixed and resistance is varied.

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Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title	Authors	Level	Type
Basic Electricity: short inquiry activities includes ideas for several sims	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS MS	CQs Lab HW
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein	HS	Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other
PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C	Roberta Tanner	HS	Other
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	HS MS	Other
OHM Kanunu	Selman Elmacıoğlu	UG-Intro HS	Other
Ohm's Law - HTML5 sim	Judy Rieke	HS	Lab
Ohm's Law	Duane Dolejsi	HS UG-Intro	Lab
Resistance and Ohm's Law Investigation	Nancy Spletzer	HS	Lab
Batteries, Resistance and Current	Emily Haynes	HS	Lab
Visualizing Current, Voltage and Resistance	Stephan Graham	HS	Lab
Ohm's Law	Nils de Koff	HS	HW
Hukum Ohm	Noermini Leksonowati	HS MS	Lab
Hukum Ohm	Dwi Nova Siti Handayani	HS	Lab
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica	Carla Tavares	HS	Lab HW Discuss Other Demo MC Guided
Električna struja osmi razred	Vladan Mladenovic	K-5 MS	Demo CQs HW
CIRCUITOS RESISTIVOS DE C.C.	Adolfo Fajardo	UG-Intro	HW Discuss

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Translations

Language
Arabic	All العربية	قانون أوم
Arabic (Saudi Arabia)	All العربية (السعودية)	قانون أوم
Basque	All Basque	Ohm-en legea
Belarusian	All беларускі	Закон Ома
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Omov zakon
Bulgarian	All български	Закон на ОМ
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	部分电路欧姆定律
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	歐姆定律
Croatian	All hrvatski	Ohmov Zakon
Czech	All čeština	Ohmův zákon
Danish	All Dansk	Ohm's Lov
Dutch	All Nederlands	ohms-law
Estonian	All Eesti	Ohmi seadus
Finnish	All suomi	Ohmin laki
French	All français	Loi d'Ohm
Galician	All Gallegan	Lei de Ohm
Georgian	All Georgian	ომის კანონი
German	All Deutsch	Ohmsches Gesetz
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Νόμος του Ωμ
Haitian	All Haitian	lwa Om
Hebrew	All עברית	חוק אוהם
Hindi	All हिंदी	ओहम का नियम
Hungarian	All magyar	Ohm-törvény
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Hukum Ohm
Italian	All italiano	Legge di Ohm
Japanese	All 日本語	オームの法則
Kannada	All Kannada	ಹೊಮ್ ನ ನಿಯಮ
Kazakh	All Kazakh	охымнын заны
Korean	All 한국어	옴의 법칙
Kurdish (Turkey)	All Kurdish (Turkey)	Yasaya Ohm
Latvian	All Latviešu	Oma likums
Macedonian	All македонски	Омов закон
Malay	All Bahasa Melayu	Hukum Ohm
Marathi	All मराठी	ओहमचा नियम
Mongolian	All Mongolian	ohms-law
Norwegian Bokmal	All Norsk bokmål	ohms-law
Persian	All فارسی	حرکت پرتابه
Polish	All polski	Prawo Ohma
Portuguese	All português	Lei de Ohm
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Lei de Ohm
Romanian	All română	Legea lui Ohm
Russian	All русский	Закон Ома
Serbian	All Српски	Омов закон
Slovak	All Slovenčina	ohms-law
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Ohmov zakon
Spanish	All español	Ley de Ohm
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Ley de Ohm
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Ley de Ohm
Swedish	All svenska	Ohms lag
Tamil	All Tamil	ஓமின் விதி
Thai	All ไทย	กฎของโอห์ม
Turkish	All Türkçe	Ohm Kanunu
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Omuň kanuny
Ukrainian	All українська	закон Ома
Urdu	All Urdu	اوہم کا قانون
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Định luật Ohm