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BENSALEM HIGH SCHOOL
Course Outline
Tech Ed Prep
Electronics - Electricity
June 28, 2017
Gary M. Portnoy
Course Outline
Tech Ed Prep Electronics - Electricity
Course duration: 30 days – 90 minute periods
Course description:
The basic Tech Ed Prep course is designed for
freshmen and sophomore students as well as any student unfamiliar with the
career field. It is an exploratory course covering basic electrical concepts,
electronic principals, electronic applications, electronic lab experience, electronic
device construction and house wiring techniques. The course will expand the
students’ general knowledge of technology and assist in making intelligent
informed career choices.
Course Outline:
A. Introduction
a. Electronics career and course overview
b. Course procedures
c. Grading parameters
d. Course description
e. Course requirements
B. Electronics Safety
a. Electrical hazards in the home and in industry
b. Safe working procedures
c. Physiological effects of electrical shock
d. First aid for shock victims
C. Electricity: description and definition
a. Electron theory
b. Charges
c. Conductors
d. Insulators
e. Potential – Voltage
f. Current – Amperes
g. Resistance – Ohms
h. Electrical circuits
D. Ohm’s Law
a. What is Ohm’s Law
b. How is Ohm’s Law used
c. Practice Ohm’s Law worksheets and test
d. Ohm’s Law Experiment
E. Basic soldering skills
a. Structure of solder
b. Soldering and de-soldering equipment
c. Tinning a wire
d. Soldering solid wire
e. Securing wires to terminals
f. The Western Union splice
g. Pigtail connections
h. Tap or vampire splice
i. Soldering on printed circuit boards
j. Soldering practice project
F. Series Circuits
a. Series circuit theory
b. Series - parallel circuits
c. Identifying series circuits
d. Voltage drops
e. Total resistance
f. Series circuit applications
g. Voltage dividers
h. Determining unknown values
G. Resistor Fundamentals
a. Types of resistors
b. Resistor color code
c. Resistor color code practice
H. Electronic Device Construction
a. Safety considerations
b. Semiconductor identification
c. Heat sinking components
d. Identifying capacitors
e. Lead preparation
f. Installation of components on printed circuit boards
g. Project testing
h. Enclosure construction
i. Project completion
I. Multimeters
a. Analog and digital multimeters
b. Uses of multimeters
c. Safety when using multimeters
d. Advantages and disadvantages of analog and digital meters
e. Reading the dial face on the Simpson 360
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Making voltage measurements
Making current measurements
Making resistance measurements
Special meter functions
Care of multimeters
J. Series Circuit construction and Experiment
a. Building a series resistive circuit
b. Calculating total resistance
c. Calculating current flow
d. Calculating voltage drops across each component
e. Using the Simpson 360 multimeter to measure values
f. Conclusions
K. Electronic project construction
a. Resistor color code
b. Component identification
c. Soldering to PCBs
d. Project construction, building the battery tester
e. Project testing and evaluation
L. Basic House Wiring
a. AC power production
b. Power transmission
c. Service entrance
d. Meter box
e. Circuit breaker box
f. Branch circuits
g. Wiring single pole switch lighting circuits
h. Wiring a duplex receptacle
i. Wiring a 3-way switch circuit
Student Skills
The student will be able to:
 Describe electricity, its characteristics and uses
 Demonstrate safe operations and procedures while working with electricity
 Complete simple Ohm’s Law calculations solving for voltage, current and
resistance
 Produce accurate, clean soldered connections between wires, connectors
and on printed circuit boards.
 Identify common electronic components both physically and by their
schematic symbol.
 Demonstrate common procedures to build and repair electronic circuits
 Identify series circuits and solve simple Ohm’s law problems involving
series circuits
 Use a multimeter to test circuits for voltage, current, resistance and
continuity.
 Identify common house wiring components.
 Connect simple house wiring power and illumination circuits
 Trouble shoot house wiring circuits
Student Skills
1. Examinations
2. Evaluation of completed electronic projects and observation of work
habits.
3. Evaluation of notebook
4. Written worksheets
5. Final exam