College Resources

5. Current and Resistance

Chapters (Serway & Jewett, Physics 9ed):

  • 27.1 Electric Current
  • 27.2 Resistance
  • 27.3 A Model for Electrical Conduction
  • 27.4 Resistance and Temperature
  • 27.5 Superconductors
  • 27.6 Electrical Power

Videos:

  • Yale: Physics II, Resistance
  • MIT: 8.02x, Electric Currents, Resistivity, Conductivity, Ohm's Law
  • KhanAcademy: Drift of electrons & the origin of resistance
  • KhanAcademy: Electric current and voltage
  • KhanAcademy: Resistivity, and Ohm's law
  • KhanAcademy: Electric power and DC circuits

Exercise Videos:

  • Michel van Biezen: Resistivity and Resistance
  • Michel van Biezen: Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits (1 of 23) Series and Parallel
  • Michel van Biezen: Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits (2 of 23) Series and Parallel
  • Michel van Biezen: Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits (3 of 23) Series and Parallel
  • Michel van Biezen: Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits (4 of 23) Series and Parallel
  • Michel van Biezen: Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits (5 of 23) Series and Parallel
  • Michel van Biezen: Ohm's Law and Resistor Circuits (6 of 23) Series and Parallel
  • MIT: 8.02x, Current and Current Density
  • MIT: 8.02x, The Electric Field and Resistivity of a Wire drawing a Current