Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)

Circuits
Light Bulbs
Batteries

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Circuits
Light Bulbs
Batteries
Switches
Ammeter
Voltmeter
Capacitor
Inductor
AC Voltage

Description

This new version of the CCK adds capacitors, inductors and AC voltage sources to your toolbox! Now you can graph the current and voltage as a function of time.

Version 3.20

Teacher Tips

Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title	Authors	Level	Type	Subject
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	MC	Physics
Circuit Construction Kit- series of three activitites (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	Lab HW	Physics
Using PhET in Electricity Unit	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Demo Lab	Physics
Electric Energy and Capacitance demonstrations (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Demo	Physics
Circuit 1 Properties of Electric Circuits (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Lab CQs	Physics
Circuit activity 2 Series and Parallel Circuits using only CCK (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Lab CQs	Physics
Circuit 1 Properties of electric Circuits using only CCK(Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	CQs Lab	Physics
Circuit activity 3 Combination Circuits using CCK only (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Lab CQs	Physics
Circuit Activity 2 Series & Parallel Circuits (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	UG-Intro HS	Lab CQs	Physics
Circuit activity 3 Combination Circuits (Inquiry Based)	Trish Loeblein	HS UG-Intro	Lab CQs	Physics
Series and Parallel circuits basics	Kristi Goodwin	MS	Lab	Physics
Circuit inquiry for Middle school	Jefferson County Middle School Workshop	MS	Lab	Physics
Circuit design challenge	Philip Kukulski	HS	Other Lab	Physics
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program?	Sarah Borenstein	MS	Other	Physics Chemistry Earth Science Biology
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS	Trish Loeblein	HS	Other	Biology Physics Earth Science Chemistry
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment	Elyse Zimmer	HS MS	Other	Biology Chemistry Physics
Circuits lab manual with experimental& theoretical value comparison	Fatih Gozuacik	Grad UG-Intro UG-Adv HS	HW Lab Demo Guided	Physics Other
Investigation of LR Circuits	Clive Hamilton	HS UG-Intro	Guided Lab	Physics
Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Resistors in Parallel and Series Lab	Milla Shin	HS	Guided Lab HW	Physics
C.A.S.T.L.E. Unit 2 Labs	Steve Banasiak	HS	Lab	Physics
C.A.S.T.L.E. Unit 1 Labs	Steve Banasiak	HS	Lab	Physics
LC Circuits and Radio Tuners	Rhoda Berenson	UG-Intro HS	Lab	Physics
AC Circuits	Tatiana Stantcheva	UG-Intro	Lab	Physics
R-C Circuits	Christine Deyo	UG-Intro HS	Lab
Charge and Energy Conservation in Circuits Inquiry	Lori Andersen	HS UG-Intro	Lab CQs	Physics
LR Lab with Simulation Part 2	David Carroll	HS UG-Intro	Lab
LC Lab with Simulation	David Carroll	UG-Intro HS	Lab
LR Lab with Simulation Part 1	David Carroll	UG-Intro HS	Lab
Ohm's Law	Mark Kelly	HS	Lab	Physics
Võnkering	Siim Tõkke	HS	HW Lab	Physics
CONSTRUÇÃO DE CIRCUITOS ELÉTRICOS UTILIZANDO O SIMULADOR PHET KIT DE CONSTRUÇÃO DE CIRCUITO (AC+DC)	Francisco Romário Vasconcelos Dias e Mairton Cavalcante Romeu	HS	HW	Physics
Rezistorul, bobina și condensatorul în curent alternativ	Iuliana Roman	HS	Demo
Električna struja osmi razred	Vladan Mladenovic	K-5 MS	CQs HW Demo
CONSTRUCCIÓN DE CIRCUITOS EN PARALELO	JORGE ENRIQUE CASALLAS LOPEZ	HS MS	HW Demo Guided Lab	Physics
CONSTRUCCIÓN DE CIRCUITOS EN SERIE	JORGE ENRIQUE CASALLAS LOPEZ	MS HS	Demo HW Guided Lab	Physics
Laboratorio Virtual del Circuito R-C basado en los lineamientos del Aprendizaje Activo de la Física	Diego Fernando Becerra Rodríguez	UG-Adv UG-Intro	Lab	Physics

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Afrikaans	All Afrikaans	Stroombaan Konstruksie Kit (WS+DS)
Albanian	All shqip	Mjetet Per Ndertimin e Qarqeve (AC+DC)
Arabic	All العربية	طقم ادوات انشاء دائرة كهربائية
Armenian	All Armenian	Հաստատուն և փոփոխական հոսանքների շղթաների կառուցման լաբարատորիյա
Basque	All Basque	Zirkuituak eraikitzeko tresneria (KZ eta KA)
Belarusian	All беларускі	Зборка ланцуга пастаяннага і пераменнага току
Bosnian	All Bosanski	Komplet zа električnu struju (AC+DC)
Bulgarian	All български	Инструментариум за конструиране на ел. вериги (AC+DC)
Catalan	All català	Kit de construcció de circuits (CA + CC)
Chinese (Simplified)	All 中文 (中国)	电路实验（直流和交流）
Chinese (Traditional)	All 中文 (台灣)	電路組裝套件(直流電和交流電)
Croatian	All hrvatski	Dizajniranje srujnih krugova
Czech	All čeština	Konstrukce obvodů
Danish	All Dansk	Kredsløbssamlesæt (veksel- og jævnstrøm)
Dutch	All Nederlands	Het maken van schakelingen (Gelijk~ en wisselspanning)
Estonian	All Eesti	Virtuaalne vooluringi labor (AC+DC)
Finnish	All suomi	Piirirakennussarja (AC+DC)
French	All français	Circuit Construction Kit (DC and AC)
Galician	All Gallegan	Construción Circuito (AC+DC)
Georgian	All ქართული	წრედის კონსტრუქტორი (AC+DC)
German	All Deutsch	Stromkreis Baukasten (Gleich- und Wechselstrom)
Greek	All Ελληνικά	Κατασκευή κυκλωμάτων (AC+DC)
Haitian	All Haitian	Zouti pou bati sikui (AC+DC)
Hebrew	All עברית	קיט לבניית מעגל (זרם ישיר וזרם חילופין)
Hungarian	All magyar	Áramkörépítő & tervező
Indonesian	All Bahasa Indonesia	Rangkaian Kit Konstruksi (AC+DC)
Irish	All Gaeilge	Circuit Construction Kit (DC and AC)
Italian	All italiano	Kit per circuiti elettrici (corrente continua e alternata)
Japanese	All 日本語	直流・交流回路キット
Kannada	All Kannada	construction kit (AC+DC)
Khmer	All Khmer	ឧបកណ៍បង្កើតសៀគ្វី (AC+DC)
Korean	All 한국어	회로제작 키트(AC+DC)
Kurdish	All کوردی	دروستکردنی سوڕی کاره‌بای (AC+DC)
Kurdish (Turkey)	All Kurdish (Turkey)	Amûra Avakirina Gêjenê (AC+DC)
Lao	All Lao	ວົງຈອນໄຟຟ້າKit (AC + DC)
Latvian	All Latviešu	Ķēdes veidošanas komplekts (maiņstrāva un līdzstrāva)
Macedonian	All македонски	Конструкција на струјно коло (AC+DC)
Malay	All Bahasa Melayu	Kit Pembinaan Litar (AT+AU)
Maori	All Maori	Huinga Waihanga Ara Iahiko (AC + DC)
Marathi	All मराठी	(AC+DC) मंडल जोडणी संच
Mongolian	All Монгол (Монгол)	Хувьсах ба Тогтмол цахилгаан хэлхээ угсрах иж бүрдэл
Norwegian Bokmal	All Norsk bokmål	Kretsbyggeren (likestrøm og vekselstrøm)
Norwegian Nynorsk	All Norwegian Nynorsk	Krinsbyggjaren (likestraum og vekselstraum)
Persian	All فارسی	(AC+DC) کیت ساخت مدار
Polish	All polski	Zestaw symulacyjny obwodów - napięcia stałe i zmienne
Portuguese	All português	Circuitos AC/DC (DC e AC)
Portuguese (Brazil)	All português (Brasil)	Kit de Construção de Circuito (AC+DC)
Romanian	All română	Trusa de Constructie Circuite (DC si AC)
Russian	All русский	Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)
Serbian	All Српски	Комплет за електричну струју (AC+DC)
Slovak	All Slovenčina	Stavebnica elektrických obvodov
Slovenian	All Slovenščina	Kontrukcijsko orodje tokokrogov (AC+DC)
Spanish	All español	Kit de construccion de circuitos (CA y CC)
Spanish (Mexico)	All español (México)	Kit de construccion de circuitos (CA y CC)
Spanish (Peru)	All español (Perú)	Equipo de Construcción de Circuitos (AC+DC)
Swedish	All svenska	Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)
Tamil	All Tamil	சுற்று கட்டுமானம் கிட்டை (ஏசி + டிசி)
Thai	All ไทย	ชุดการทดลองวิทยาศาตร์ วงไฟฟ้า สหรับเเด็ก
Turkish	All Türkçe	Devre Yapım Kiti (AC ve DC)
Turkmen	All Turkmen	Zynjyry ýasamak üçin toplum (AC+DC)
Ukrainian	All українська	Електричні кола постійного та змінного струму
Vietnamese	All Tiếng Việt	Bộ dụng cụ thí nghiệm điện (AC và DC)