Workplace Ethics: Enforcing Rules
By Elizabeth Jones
This interactive study guide will help students to identify recommended processes for enforcing rules on a work team.
Resistor Color Code Description
By Patrick Hoppe
In this interactive activity, students read about the colored stripes on a resistor and interpret the placement of those colors to determine the value of four-band resistors.
Parallel Inductance: Practice Problems
Students work nine practice problems to determine the total inductance of a parallel circuit. Immediate feedback is given.
The TI-83 Plus Calculator: Complex Conjugate Conversion
Learners view the steps to find the complex conjugate of a number using the TI-83 Plus calculator. They are encouraged to work the examples given.
Ladder Safety and Fall Protection
By Terry Bartelt, Pat Jensen
Explore how to prevent injuries caused by falling from ladders or elevated heights by looking at the parts of a ladder, ladder safety rules, and personal fall protection systems.
The Multiplication of Force by a Hydraulic System
By Terry Bartelt
In this animated and interactive object, learners examine a depiction of how force is multiplied by a larger cylinder when pressure from a pump is applied to a smaller cylinder. A short quiz completes the activity.
The Edison Wire System
Learners read a description of the wiring configuration of a residential Edison Wire System, which consists of a transformer secondary circuit. The circuit supplies two 115-volt sources and one 230-volt source.
Proper Meter Placement
In this learning activity you'll read the steps for proper meter placement for the measurement of resistance, voltage, and current.
Excel: Determining the Square Root of a Complex Number
Learners view the steps for determining the square root of a complex number in Excel.
The PLC Examine-On Instruction
Learners examine an animated view of the operation and programming requirements of a PLC Examine-On instruction. A brief quiz completes the activity.
Safety Scene - Grinding Edition
By Jessie Jelinski
In this learning activity you'll recognize potential safety hazards around grinding equipment
Motor Starter Protection
Learners examine the ways in which a motor starter circuit is protected by a main circuit breaker and overload heaters when there is excessive current.
Dynamic Braking Circuits
In this animated activity, learners examine the operation of a dynamic braking circuit used to quickly stop a motor.
Transistor Fundamentals: AC Models
Students read about the four steps to creating an ac model and view examples.
Optical Encoders (Screencast)
Learners examine the internal components of an optical encoder used in automated manufacturing applications. A brief quiz completes the animated activity.
Series-Opposing Zener Diodes
In this animated and interactive object, learners examine the voltages that develop across two series zener diodes, which are connected in opposite directions, when DC and AC voltages are applied across them. A brief quiz completes the activity.
Opens Affecting Current in a Series Circuit
In this learning activity you'll review how an open in a series circuit affects current.
Opens and Shorts in a Parallel Circuit
Learners examine the changes in current and voltage values in a parallel circuit when open and short conditions develop. Ohm's Law calculations are shown, and a brief quiz completes the activity.
Designing a Cylinder Dwell Circuit
This animated lesson shows how a ladder circuit uses timer-on delays to cause an extrusion machine to operate.
The Force of a Hydraulic Cylinder
In this interactive object, learners read how to determine the force created by a hydraulic cylinder during extension and retraction. A brief quiz completes the activity.
The Elementary AC Generator
Learners view animations showing the operation of the internal parts of an AC generator. A short quiz completes the activity.
Interpreting Thread Notes
The learner will be able to read and interpret thread notes from a print.
Concepts of Programming 6: Pseudocode Structure of Assigning Data to Variables
By Jason Vosters
Understand the pseudocode structure of variable declarations, a vital component of programming computer and industrial applications.
Hexadecimal Numbering System
In this learning activity you'll review the hexadecimal numbering system.
Digital Circuit Devices
The two types of digital devices, logic gates and flip-flops, and the types of basic operations they perform are presented.