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Ohm's Law

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  • Ohm's Law
  • Circuits
  • Current
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Topics

  • Ohm's Law
  • Circuits
  • Current
  • Resistance
  • Voltage

Description

See how the equation form of Ohm's law relates to a simple circuit. Adjust the voltage and resistance, and see the current change according to Ohm's law.

Sample Learning Goals

  • Predict how current will change when resistance of the circuit is fixed and voltage is varied.
  • Predict how current will change when voltage of the circuit is fixed and resistance is varied.
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Teacher Tips

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Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title Gold Star Contribution Contribution by PhET Authors Level Type
Basic Electricity: short inquiry activities includes ideas for several sims A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein UG-Intro
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Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS Other
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other
PhET Simulations Aligned for AP Physics C Roberta Tanner HS Other
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer HS
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Ohm's Law Relationships Alexandra Chukhareva MS
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Lab
Magnets, Electromagnets and Ohm's Law Lab! Jamie Schoenberger MS Lab
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Student Guide for PhET - Ohm's Law in html5 Brian Libby MS
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Up and Down Dinamar Tolin, Decerie Austria and Maria Grace Tabulong HS
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Preguntas de razonamiento para todas las simulaciones HTML5 A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Diana López K-5
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Atividade Lei de Ohm Davison Lucas Mendes Viana MS
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Atividade Ensino Lei de Ohm EDILAINE SANTIAGO HS Lab
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Simulações no Ensino - Lei de Ohm Jessyka Lage Melo HS Guided
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica Carla Tavares HS Lab
Discuss
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Translations

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Belarusian All беларускі Run now Закон Ома
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now Omov zakon
Bulgarian All български Run now Закон на Ом
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 部分电路欧姆定律
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now Ohm's Law_歐姆定律
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Ohmov Zakon
Czech All čeština Run now Ohmův zákon
Danish All Dansk Run now Ohms lov
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Wet van Ohm
Estonian All Eesti Run now Ohmi seadus
Finnish All suomi Run now Ohmin laki
French All français Run now Loi d'Ohm
German All Deutsch Run now Ohmsches Gesetz
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Νόμος του Ωμ
Hebrew All עברית Run now חוק אוהם
Hindi All हिंदी Run now ओहम का नियम 
Hungarian All magyar Run now Ohm-törvény
Irish All Gaeilge Run now Dlí Ohm
Italian All italiano Run now Legge di Ohm
Japanese All 日本語 Run now オームの法則
Kannada All Kannada Run now ಓಮ್ ನ ನಿಯಮ
Kazakh All Kazakh Run now Ohm's Law
Korean All 한국어 Run now 옴의 법칙
Lao All Lao Run now ກົດເກນໂອມ
Latvian All Latviešu Run now Oma likums
Malay All Bahasa Melayu Run now Hukum Ohm
Malayalam All Malayalam Run now ഓം നിയമം
Maori All Maori Run now Te Ture a Ohm
Marathi All मराठी Run now ओहमचा नियम
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Ohms lov
Oriya All Oriya Run now ଓମ୍‍ଙ୍କ ନିୟମ 
Persian All فارسی Run now قانون اهم
Polish All polski Run now Prawo Ohma
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Lei de Ohm
Russian All русский Run now Закон Ома
Serbian All Српски Run now Омов закон
Sinhalese All Sinhalese Run now ඕම්ගේ නියමය
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Ohmov zákon
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Ohmov zakon
Spanish All español Run now Ley de Ohm
Spanish (Mexico) All español (México) Run now Ley de Ohm
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Ley de Ohm
Swahili All Swahili Run now Sheria ya Ohm
Swedish All svenska Run now Ohms lag
Tamil All Tamil Run now ஓமின் விதி
Thai All ไทย Run now กฏของโอห์ม
Tibetan All Tibetan Run now ཨོམ་གྱི་གརྟན་ཁྲིམས།
Ukrainian All українська Run now закон Ома
Vietnamese All Tiếng Việt Run now Định luật Ohm

Software Requirements

Windows 7+ Mac OS 10.7+ iPad and iPad Mini with iOS Chromebook with Chrome OS
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Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Michael Dubson (lead, developer)
  • John Blanco (developer)
  • Ariel Paul
  • Mindy Gratny (interviewer)
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  • Mobile Learner Labs
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