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Lesson Plan: Using Potential Dividers Physics
This lesson plan includes the objectives and prerequisites of the lesson teaching students how to find the output voltage of a potential divider and understand how potential dividers can be used in sensing circuits.
Objectives
Students will be able to
- use the formula in all permutations,
- understand diagrams of potential dividers,
- understand how to use a thermistor to turn a potential divider into a temperature sensor,
- understand how to use an LDR to turn a potential divider into a light sensor.
Prerequisites
Students should already be familiar with
- Ohm’s law, ,
- voltages in series, ,
- currents in series, ,
- resistances in series, .
