Module 2 - Current Flow - Current flow and circuits, schematic diagrams, common, scientific and engineering notation - At the end of this module, students will be able to:
Identify examples and descriptions of each of the following terms: Current, Conductor, Insulator. Name the various elements comprising a complete circuit and identify a description of each. Differentiate between schematic and pictorial diagrams and select applications of each. Recognize descriptions of various basic electronic component schematic symbols. Convert values from common notation to scientific notation. Convert values from scientific notation to common notation. Convert values from engineering notation to common notation.
Module 3 - Electromotive Force - Cells and batteries, voltage, EMF, forms of electrical energy and their conversion to do work - At the end of this module, students will be able to: •Calculate the terminal voltage, given a series-parallel combination of electrical cells. •Identify the description of the following terms: cell, battery, primary cell, secondary cell, polarization, internal resistance, coulomb, ampere, vlt, electrolyte. •Differentiate between a primary cell and a secondary cell. •Identify the six forms of electrical energy, and a device or method to convert each to perform work. •Match single sentence definitive phrases with each of the following terms: electron, proton, neutron, element, molecule, conductor, semiconductor, ion, positive and negative charges, free electron. •Identify the following terms by matching each with a descriptive phrase: voltage, electromotive force, potential difference, power.