Electricity and Electronics
Week 1 Summary: Orientation to Computer Technology
Week: 1 Day: 1
Technician or other exciting individual will speak on his/her job as it relates to their electronic studies and how they prepared for the field.
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Week: 1 Day: 2
Power Point Presentation
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Week: 1 Day: 3
Lab. Fix a Flashlight - Flashlight Troubleshooting Exercise
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Week: 1 Day: 4
Lab. Fix a Flashlight - Flashlight Troubleshooting Exercise
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Week: 1 Day: 5
Summary. Individual Flashlight Fix within 5 minutes.
Week 2 Summary: Inside the Chassis
Week: 2 Day: 1
Speaker from local electric store to speak on the electrical components sold in their store or
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PowerPoint Presentation: Resistance
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Week: 2 Day: 3
Measure body resistance as compared to other materials
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Measure body resistance as compared to other materials
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Week: 2 Day: 5
Color-Coded and Tolerance of Resistors Test
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Week 3 Summary: The Legacy PC
Week: 3 Day: 1
Speaker from a Battery Vendor OR Show a Video on Making Batteries from Delco, EverReady, etc. OR Speaker who works on or is a manufacturer of transformers.
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Week: 3 Day: 2
PowerPoint Presentation: Voltage
- Helpful notes are available with the presentation and should be selected and printed as a study guide
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Week: 3 Day: 3
Measure voltages of batteries in series and in parallel
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Week: 3 Day: 4
Measure voltages of batteries in series and in parallel
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Week: 3 Day: 5
Learning Eval / Feedback
- Quiz on arranging batteries to obtain a predetermined voltage.
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Week 4 Summary: The ATX PC
Week: 4 Day: 1
Hardware store or other Electrician to speak on their job and on current protection from fuses, circuit breakers, proper wiring, electrical codes, OR local Fire Dept to relate experiences with electrical fires.
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Week: 4 Day: 2
Power Point Presentation: Current
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Measure the time it takes for a balloon to deflate using straws. Relate that to current flow.
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Measure the time it takes for a balloon to deflate using straws. Relate that to current flow.
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Week: 4 Day: 5
Learning Eval / Feedback.
- Troubleshoot the short or open circuit
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Week 5 Summary: Windows Software and Drivers
Week: 5 Day: 1
Speaker on automobiles and the future of Electric Cars OR Dept. of Energy Jobs OR Nuclear Energy History OR Navy Spokesperson on Energy aboard a vessel.
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Power Point Presentation: Energy
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Week: 5 Day: 3
Build an electromagnet and if you're good, turn it into a motor!
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Build an electromagnet and if you're good, turn it into a motor!
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Week 6 Summary: The PC Industry and Market
Week: 6 Day: 1
Speaker from the local Power Company to speak on how power is distributed to homes and the type of work related to providing power.
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PowerPoint Presentation: Power
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Week: 6 Day: 3
Explain in terms of numbers, calculations, theory the conversion of the power from a fan to mechanical power.
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Explain in terms of numbers, calculations, theory the conversion of the power from a fan to mechanical power.
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Learning Evaluation and Feedback
- Calculate the Power of a device given the schematic with E,I, and R
- Course Evaluation
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