Division: Div C – High School

NC Essential Standards Alignment: Physics

Event Rules: See the National Rule Manual

National Event Page: Here

Required Materials: Teams must bring a writing instrument

Description:

Participants will complete hands-on tasks and answer questions about electricity and electronics.

Materials:

1. Each team may bring writing utensils.
2. Each team may bring two Class III calculators for use during any part of the event.
3. Each team may bring a collection of notes and resources, written/printed on paper, of any size containing information in any form and from any source. Binders, books, notebooks, folders, sheet protectors, lamination, tabs, and labels are permitted. Participants are responsible for organizing and containing their notes efficiently. They may separate or remove the pages from containers for use during any part of the event.

Scoring:

Highest score wins. Points are awarded for correct answers, measurements, calculations, and data analysis. Ties will be broken using pre-selected task(s)/question(s) that may be noted on the written test. 

Recommendations:

How to use a multimeter.  Be sure to check Basic Instructions, Voltage measurement, Measure Current, and Resistance Measurement.

This resource may also be useful.

Students should be prepared to do electronic calculations and then apply/build a physical circuit model.

Resources

• Branch Current Method of Circuit analysis:https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/textbook/direct-current/chpt-10/branch-current-method/ 
• Nodal Analysis: https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/dcp_6.html 
• Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law:https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/kirchhoffs-voltage-law.html 
• Kirchhoff’s Current Law:https://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/dccircuits/kirchhoffs-current-law.html 
• Op-Amp rules: https://www.circuitbread.com/ee-faq/what-are-the-golden-rules-of-op-amps 
• Diode rules: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/diodes/all 
• Digital logic gates: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/digital-logic/logic-gates/ 

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