College Resources

6. Direct Current Circuits

Chapters (Serway & Jewett, Physics 9ed):

  • 28.1 Electromotive Force
  • 28.2 Resistors in Series and Parallel
  • 28.3 Kirchhoff’s Rules
  • 28.4 RC Circuits
  • 28.5 Household Wiring and Electrical Safety

Videos:

  • Yale: Physics II, Resistance
  • MIT: 8.02x, Electric Currents, Resistivity, Conductivity, Ohm's Law
  • MIT: 8.02x, Batteries, Power, Kirchhoff's Rules, Circuits, Kelvin Water Dropper
  • KhanAcademy: Cell, EMF, terminal voltage, & internal resistance
  • KhanAcademy: Combination of cells
  • KhanAcademy: Kirchhoff's junction rule
  • KhanAcademy: Kirchhoff's loop rule
  • KhanAcademy: Series and parallel resistors
  • KhanAcademy: DC Circuit analysis

Optional Videos:

  • KhanAcademy: Wheatstone bridge
  • KhanAcademy: Potentiometers

Exercise Videos:

  • Michel van Biezen: (8 of 31) What Are Kirchhoff's Laws?
  • Michel van Biezen: (9 of 31) Kirchhoff's Laws: A Simple Example
  • Michel van Biezen: (10 of 31) Kirchhoff's Laws: A Medium Example 1
  • Michel van Biezen: (11 of 31) Kirchhoff's Laws: A Medium Example 2
  • Michel van Biezen: (12 of 31) Kirchhoff's Laws: A Harder Example
  • Michel van Biezen: Resistors in Series and Parallel (5 of 5) The RC Circuit
  • MIT: 8.02x, Charging and Discharging a Battery
  • MIT: 8.02x, Multi Batteries, Multi resistors, Multi loop Circuits
  • MIT: 8.02x, Current and Potential Differences in a Multi Loop Circuit with a Switch
  • MIT: 8.02x, Discharging a Capacitor