Sine Bar
By Barbara Anderegg
In this learning activity you'll examine how a sine bar is used to measure angles.
What Is Electricity?
By Terry Bartelt
The learner studies how electrons travel from one atom to the next. Examples demonstrate how voltage is created by the use of a battery or through magnetism. A quiz completes the activity.
Calculating DC Values of a Transistor Amplifier
In this animated activity, learners view the seven steps that are used to calculate voltage and current values throughout a common-emitter transistor amplifier.
Gear Ratio Concepts (Screencast)
By James Bourassa
In this screencast, learners examine the concept of gear ratios. The number of teeth, diameters, and velocity relationships are discussed and calculated using linear ratio equations.
Abbreviations Representing Electrical Quantities
In this learning activity you'll identify abbreviations that represent quantities associated with electrical circuits.
Pressure-Reducing Valve Application
By Terry Bartelt, Stephen Schneider
In this animated activity, a drill-and-clamp machine is used to show an application of a pressure-reducing valve. Recommendations on how to properly make pressure adjustments are also provided.
Reading Vernier Height Gage Quiz
Students take a 13-question quiz to practice reading 25- and 50-division Vernier height gages.
Total Impedance of a Parallel Circuit Using Complex Numbers
By Patrick Hoppe
Students read how to determine the total impedance of a parallel circuit using complex numbers. The "J" term is used in the calculations.
The Three-Phase Motor Stator Field
In this animated activity, learners study how stator poles create a rotating field in a three-phase AC motor as a three-phase AC voltage is applied.
Line Type Identification
By Jessie Jelinski
The Magnetron Ignition System
Learners read an explanation of how the Magnetron Ignition System uses a solid state switching component, a step-up transformer, and magnetism to provide a high voltage spark in a one-cylinder combustion engine.
Brain Exercise: Visualization #3
By Glenn Sokolowski
Learners develop 3D visualization skills by examining front, side, and top orthographic views of objects. Using this information, students select the corresponding isometric view of each object.
Measuring Current in a Parallel Circuit
In this interactive learning object, students view the ammeter connections for measuring currents in a parallel circuit with three branches on an energy concepts lab board. A brief quiz completes the activity.
Transfer Functions: The RL High Pass Filter (Screencast)
Learners read how the RL high pass filter is developed. The transfer function is used in Excel to graph the Vout. The circuit is also simulated in Electronic WorkBench and the resulting Bode plot is compared to the graph from Excel.
Concepts of Programming 4: Structure of Variable Declarations
By Jason Vosters
Understand the pseudocode structure of variable declarations
Electrical Opens and Shorts
By Terry Bartelt, David Schwid
In this animated activity, learners examine the difference between opens and shorts in an electrical circuit. A brief quiz completes the object.
Thermodynamic Transfer
In this animated object, learners examine how thermal energy is transferred by conduction, convection, and radiation. A brief quiz completes the activity.
Rotating Vector Representation of the Sine Function
The learner will be able to represent steady-state AC sinusoidal signals using phasors, which will lead to a simplified technique of analyzing AC circuits in a very similar way that we analyze DC circuits.
Quality Tools: The Cause and Effect Diagram
By Mary Lee Rudnick-Kaun
In this learning activity you'll be introduced to the cause and effect diagram.
Hexadecimal Number Conversion Practice Problems
In this learning activity you'll practice converting between hexadecimal and decimal and between hexadecimal and binary numbers.
Shorts Affecting Current in a Series Circuit
In this learning activity you'll review how a short affects current flow and voltage in a series circuit.
Introduction to Class 1 Levers
By James Bourassa, John Rosz
In this interactive object, students view an animated depiction of Class 1 levers. A matching quiz completes the activity.
Print Reading: An Alphabet of Lines in Print Reading
By Kelly Curran
In this animated activity, learners read about the types of lines found on blueprints. A quiz completes the activity.
Using a Depth Micrometer
By Terry Fleischman
Learners will test their ability to read a depth micrometer in this interactive quiz.
The Speed-Power Product
Learners examine how to multiply the gate propagation delay by the gate power dissipation to find the speed-power product. Examples are shown.