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Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)

Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC) Screenshot
  • Circuits
  • Light Bulbs
  • Batteries

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Topics

  • Circuits
  • Light Bulbs
  • Batteries
  • Switches
  • Ammeter
  • Voltmeter
  • Capacitor
  • Inductor
  • AC Voltage

Description

This new version of the CCK adds capacitors, inductors and AC voltage sources to your toolbox! Now you can graph the current and voltage as a function of time.

Version 3.20

For Teachers

Teacher Tips

Download teacher tips PDF Overview of sim controls, model simplifications, and insights into student thinking ( PDF ).

Teacher-Submitted Activities

Title Gold Star Contribution Contribution by PhET Authors Level Type
Concept questions for Physics using PhET (Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 MC
Electric Energy and Capacitance demonstrations (Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 Demo
Using PhET in Electricity Unit A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 Demo
Lab
Circuit 1 Properties of Electric Circuits (Inquiry Based) 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
HS		 Lab
CQs
Circuit activity 2 Series and Parallel Circuits using only CCK (Inquiry Based) 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
HS		 Lab
CQs
Circuit 1 Properties of electric Circuits using only CCK(Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 CQs
Lab
Circuit activity 3 Combination Circuits using CCK only (Inquiry Based) 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
HS		 Lab
CQs
Circuit Activity 2 Series & Parallel Circuits (Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 CQs
Lab
Circuit Construction Kit- series of three activitites (Inquiry Based) 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
HS		 Lab
HW
CQs
Circuit activity 3 Combination Circuits (Inquiry Based) A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS
UG-Intro		 CQs
Lab
Series and Parallel circuits basics A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Kristi Goodwin MS Lab
Circuit design challenge A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Philip Kukulski HS Lab
Other
Circuit inquiry for Middle school A gold star indicates high-quality, inquiry-based activities that follow the PhET design guidelines. Jefferson County Middle School Workshop MS Lab
How do PhET simulations fit in my middle school program? This contribution was designed by PhET. Sarah Borenstein MS Other
Alignment of PhET sims with NGSS This contribution was designed by PhET. Trish Loeblein HS Other
Circuits lab manual with experimental& theoretical value comparison Fatih Gozuacik Grad
UG-Adv
UG-Intro
HS		 Demo
HW
Guided
Lab
MS and HS TEK to Sim Alignment Elyse Zimmer MS
HS		 Other
Investigation of LR Circuits Clive Hamilton HS
UG-Intro		 Lab
Guided
Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff's Laws, Resistors in Parallel and Series Lab Milla Shin HS HW
Guided
Lab
C.A.S.T.L.E. Unit 2 Labs Steve Banasiak HS Lab
C.A.S.T.L.E. Unit 1 Labs Steve Banasiak HS Lab
LC Circuits and Radio Tuners Rhoda Berenson UG-Intro
HS		 Lab
AC Circuits Tatiana Stantcheva UG-Intro Lab
Circuits-DC and AC PhET Lab Chris Bires HS Lab
R-C Circuits Christine Deyo UG-Intro
HS		 Lab
Charge and Energy Conservation in Circuits Inquiry Lori Andersen UG-Intro
HS		 CQs
Lab
LR Lab with Simulation Part 2 David Carroll HS
UG-Intro		 Lab
LC Lab with Simulation David Carroll HS
UG-Intro		 Lab
LR Lab with Simulation Part 1 David Carroll UG-Intro
HS		 Lab
Ohm's Law Mark Kelly HS Lab
Simulações no Ensino de Fisica Carla Tavares HS Guided
Lab
HW
Demo
MC
Discuss
Other
Rezistorul, bobina și condensatorul în curent alternativ Iuliana Roman HS Demo
Električna struja osmi razred Vladan Mladenovic MS
K-5		 CQs
HW
Demo

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Translations

Language Download or Run Tips
Afrikaans All Afrikaans Run now Stroombaan Konstruksie Kit (WS+DS)
Albanian All shqip Run now Mjetet Per Ndertimin e Qarqeve (AC+DC)
Arabic All العربية Run now طقم ادوات انشاء دائرة كهربائية
Armenian All Armenian Run now Հաստատուն և փոփոխական հոսանքների շղթաների կառուցման լաբարատորիյա
Basque All Basque Run now Zirkuitu eraikuntza kita (DC eta AC)
Belarusian All беларускі Run now Зборка ланцуга пастаяннага і пераменнага току
Bosnian All Bosanski Run now Komplet zа električnu struju (AC+DC)
Bulgarian All български Run now Инструментариум за конструиране на ел. вериги (AC+DC)
Catalan All català Run now Kit de construcció de circuits (CA + CC)
Chinese (Simplified) All 中文 (中国) Run now 电路实验（直流和交流）
Chinese (Traditional) All 中文 (台灣) Run now 電路組裝套件(直流電和 交流電)
Croatian All hrvatski Run now Dizajniranje srujnih krugova
Czech All čeština Run now Konstrukce obvodů
Danish All Dansk Run now Kredsløbssamlesæt (veksel- og jævnstrøm)
Dutch All Nederlands Run now Het maken van schakelingen (Gelijk~ en wisselspanning)
Estonian All Eesti Run now Virtuaalne vooluringi labor (AC+DC)
Finnish All suomi Run now Piirirakennussarja (AC+DC)
French All français Run now Circuit Construction Kit (DC and AC)
Galician All Gallegan Run now Construción Circuito (AC+DC)
Georgian All Georgian Run now წრედის კონსტრუქტორი (AC+DC)
German All Deutsch Run now Stromkreis Baukasten (Gleich- und Wechselstrom)
Greek All Ελληνικά Run now Κατασκευή κυκλωμάτων (AC+DC)
Haitian All Haitian Run now Zouti pou bati sikui (AC+DC)
Hebrew All עברית Run now קיט לבניית מעגל (זרם ישיר וזרם חילופין)
Hungarian All magyar Run now Áramkörépítő & tervező
Indonesian All Bahasa Indonesia Run now Rangkaian Kit Konstruksi (AC+DC)
Irish All Gaeilge Run now Circuit Construction Kit (DC and AC)
Italian All italiano Run now Kit per circuiti elettrici (corrente continua e alternata)
Japanese All 日本語 Run now 直流・交流回路キット
Kannada All Kannada Run now construction kit (AC+DC)
Khmer All Khmer Run now ឧបកណ៍​បង្កើត​សៀគ្វី (AC+DC)
Korean All 한국어 Run now 회로제작 키트(AC+DC)
Kurdish All کوردی Run now دروستکردنی سوڕی کاره‌بای (AC+DC)
Kurdish (Turkey) All Kurdish (Turkey) Run now Amûra Avakirina Gêjenê (AC+DC)
Latvian All Latviešu Run now Ķēdes veidošanas komplekts (maiņstrāva un līdzstrāva)
Macedonian All македонски Run now Конструкција на струјно коло (AC+DC)
Malay All Bahasa Melayu Run now Kit Pembinaan Litar (AT+AU)
Maori All Maori Run now Huinga Waihanga Ara Iahiko (AC + DC)
Marathi All मराठी Run now (AC+DC) मंडल जोडणी संच
Mongolian All Mongolian Run now Цахилгаан хэлхээ байгуулах багаж
Norwegian Bokmal All Norsk bokmål Run now Kretsbyggeren (likestrøm og vekselstrøm)
Norwegian Nynorsk All Norwegian Nynorsk Run now Krinsbyggjaren (likestraum og vekselstraum)
Persian All فارسی Run now (AC+DC) کیت ساخت مدار
Polish All polski Run now Zestaw symulacyjny obwodów - napięcia stałe i zmienne
Portuguese All português Run now Circuitos AC/DC (DC e AC)
Portuguese (Brazil) All português (Brasil) Run now Kit de Construção de Circuito (AC+DC)
Romanian All română Run now Trusa de Constructie Circuite (DC si AC)
Russian All русский Run now Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)
Serbian All Српски Run now Комплет за електричну струју (AC+DC)
Slovak All Slovenčina Run now Stavebnica elektrických obvodov
Slovenian All Slovenščina Run now Kontrukcijsko orodje tokokrogov (AC+DC)
Spanish All español Run now Kit de construccion de circuitos (CA y CC)
Spanish (Peru) All español (Perú) Run now Equipo de Construcción de Circuitos (AC+DC)
Swedish All svenska Run now Circuit Construction Kit (AC+DC)
Tamil All Tamil Run now சுற்று கட்டுமானம் கிட்டை (ஏசி + டிசி)
Thai All ไทย Run now ชุดการทดลองวิทยาศาตร์ วงไฟฟ้า สหรับเเด็ก
Turkish All Türkçe Run now Devre Yapım Kiti (AC ve DC)
Turkmen All Turkmen Run now Zynjyry ýasamak üçin toplum (AC+DC)
Ukrainian All українська Run now Електричні кола постійного та змінного струму
Vietnamese All Tiếng Việt Run now Bộ dụng cụ thí nghiệm điện (AC và DC)

Software Requirements

Windows Macintosh Linux
Microsoft Windows
XP/Vista/7
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later
OS 10.5 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_19 or later
Sun Java 1.5.0_15 or later

Credits

Design Team Third-party Libraries Thanks To
  • Michael Dubson
  • Kathy Perkins
  • Sam Reid (developer/lead)
  • Carl Wieman
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